The arrival of one of Britain's most powerful warships in Belfast has prompted a stark warning that Northern Ireland's strategic importance to the defence of the United Kingdom is not being matched by ...

Ministers have admitted they cannot yet say what Andy Burnham's No 10 North costs to run each year, almost three months after the Prime Minister opened his Manchester headquarters as the “engine room” ...

Six Second World War servicemen who lay for decades in graves marked ‘unknown’ have been named at services in the Netherlands and Germany, among them two men from Sheffield. Four were the crew of a ...

Winston Churchill, Jane Austen, JMW Turner and Alan Turing are being swept off Britain's banknotes in favour of bees, puffins, owls and hedgehogs. Almost half a million people responded to a public ...

Donald Trump's threatened US diesel export restrictions have receded for now after the G7 agreed to an emergency release of oil stocks. But with four refineries left, more than half its diesel ...

BRITISH scientists are developing a new generation of technology, including artificial intelligence, rapid MRI scans, blood tests and at-home monitoring, which could dramatically speed up the ...

Labour is facing furious criticism after tougher laws allowing adults who sexually abuse children to face rape charges and potential life sentences have still not been brought into force, amid ...

The Type 31 frigate programme's budget must be reset for inflation, the MOD admits. Ministers will not say when, by how much, or whether the ships will still arrive on time.

Up to 2,500 head office and support jobs are set to disappear from Royal Mail as the 500-year-old postal service attempts to strip out duplication, cut costs and drag itself back towards financial ...

Labour is facing fresh questions over Britain’s defence spending after reports suggested Andy Burnham is preparing to postpone a major spending review, potentially delaying crucial decisions over how ...

Television presenter and farmer says he is looking into opening a second pub but that it would not be in Britain, as he questions why anyone would start a business in the country.

Lambeth is set to become the first London council to trial a four-day week, its Green leader has confirmed, putting a borough that is struggling to balance its books at the centre of a national ...