An Olympic sports star has teamed up with academic experts to help teenage girls feel more comfortable in their school PE kits. Tess Howard, who competed for Team GB in the Paris 2024 games, has ...

Libraries, fire stations, and care homes are among community buildings which are to receive a share of £10 million for clean energy projects, the Government has said. Publicly-owned Great British ...

Rachel Reeves will pitch the UK as a “beacon of stability” when she meets fellow finance ministers in South Africa. The Chancellor is set to meet her counterparts at the G20 in Durban on Thursday and ...

Tory ex-ministers have sought to defend their record amid mounting pressure over the Afghan data leak that resulted in an unprecedented superinjunction and an £850 million secret relocation scheme.

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The recent heatwaves and subsequent drought have been providing a challenge to teams caring for the Major Oak in Sherwood Forest, Nottinghamshire, said the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds ...

Shops are legally selling addictive nicotine pouches to children just weeks after single-use vapes were banned in an effort to cut their use among young people, Trading Standards has warned. Trading ...

Families paying for childcare over the six-week summer holiday now face a bill of £1,076 per child on average – a rise of 4% on last year, a report has found. Councils have reported a shortage of ...

An interactive map of treasured coastal landmarks has been launched online by Historic England. The public body said the tool aims to celebrate the country’s vibrant seaside heritage, and people are ...

Child poverty is at “an unbearable level” in the UK, according to a paediatrician who spoke out on the one-year anniversary of the launch of a taskforce set up to tackle the problem. A snapshot survey ...

The family of a man who was paralysed at the age of two after catching the flu have expressed their “hope” as scientists have discovered that a faulty gene may be responsible for the rare condition.

Hamas’s military wing was proscribed in 2001 and that was extended in 2021 to include its political wing. After Ms Turness’s comments were reported, a BBC spokesperson said: “The BBC constantly makes ...