Birmingham’s bin strike “must be brought to a close”, a minister has said following a visit to the city where tonnes of rubbish has piled up on the streets. Local government minister Jim McMahon met ...

Senior figures in Ireland’s Government have expressed hope for a negotiated settlement to mitigate the impact of US tariffs.

The strikes came a day after senior government officials said Israel would seize large areas of Gaza and establish a new security corridor.

The UK could see its warmest day of the year so far, with temperatures higher than European holiday hotspots, after firefighters battled wildfires across the country. Much of the country will be dry ...

Prime Minister Mark Carney said that Canada will match US President Donald Trump’s 25% car tariffs with a tariff on vehicles imported from the United States. Mr Trump’s previously announced 25% ...

Stamp prices will rise again this month, marking the sixth price hike by Royal Mail in three years. The cost of a first-class stamp will rise by 5p to £1.70 from next Monday, April 7. The price of a ...

A knife-wielding man shot dead by police at Milton Keynes railway station has been named by the police watchdog as 38-year-old David Joyce. Officers were called to the station at around 12.55pm on ...

Physio Steve Harris says villagers in Flamstead can finally breathe easy after weeks of swooping attacks by the bird of prey ...

The Cessna aircraft will ferry everything from critically ill patients to coffee bean harvests across Papua New Guinea.

A police officer who was caught in a law enforcement sting after travelling to meet what he thought was a 14-year-old boy he had met on Grindr has been jailed for 32 months. Inspector Thomas ...

Nicholas Glass, 33, was looking after his brother’s dogs while he was in hospital but suffered fatal injuries caused by dog bites, an ...

Workers at a university set to cut around 700 jobs are to be balloted on strike action, a union has announced. Dundee University has been in the grips of a financial crisis in recent months as ...