A panel of justices on Brazil’s Supreme Court has ordered former president Jair Bolsonaro to stand trial over an alleged ...

Turkey’s president has accused the political opposition of “sinking the economy” during the country’s largest protests in ...

Reform UK leader Nigel Farage said the “spirit of Oliver Cromwell is alive and well” as MPs debated a ban on tobacco and vapes. The MP for Clacton said he “likes a smoke” as he expressed his ...

A plastic cigarette filters ban ‘will make a great deal of difference’ for swimmers in The Solent, Dame Caroline Dinenage said.

The King has praised the work of regional media during a special reception at Buckingham Palace attended by Newsquest journalists.

Ireland’s deputy premier raised the case of Private Sean Rooney in a meeting with ministers ahead of a visit to troops currently serving ...

The Scottish Government will have to “turbocharge” its attempts to find efficiency savings after UK welfare decisions which amount to “austerity on stilts”, Finance Secretary Shona Robison has said.

The Chancellor’s spring statement included changes to controversial welfare reforms announced last week. Here the PA news agency details the changes and their potential implications. – What was ...

About 1.1 million people missed the deadline to file their self-assessment tax return in 2024, according to HMRC.

There is nothing to suggest that the baby found dead in a shopping bag in west London is related to three children abandoned in London across eight years, it is understood.

Families in East Renfrewshire have received over £17 million through the Child Disability Payment to support care for disabled children.

It came as the Government’s official forecaster cautioned that there was a ‘significant risk’ around meeting fiscal rules.