Gerald Cooney, the former Labour leader of Tameside council in Greater Manchester, said he had complained about Andrew Gwynne’s remarks ...

Two so-called models for independent safeguarding will be presented to Synod, following reviews in recent years by former chairwoman of the national Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse (IICSA) ...

Boots is rolling out a national blister pack recycling scheme to more than 800 stores across the UK in response to customer demand. Blister packs cannot typically be recycled through household ...

Women have been urged to make sure they position period cups correctly after medics reported a rare case where use of a menstrual cup was linked to kidney problems. Menstrual cups are an alternative ...

Home Secretary Yvette Cooper said the measures would ‘strengthen UK border security’ although concerns were raised by some Labour MPs and ...

OpenAI boss Sam Altman has acknowledged that Chinese AI firm DeepSeek did some “nice work” in the creation of the chatbot now rivalling his firm’s ChatGPT. Mr Altman said he was going to meet the ...

Kendrick Lamar and SZA have announced they are bringing the Grand National Tour to the UK. The pair will visit London’s Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, Cardiff’s Principality Stadium, Glasgow’s Hampden ...

Health bosses have been urged to tackle bed blocking and long emergency department waits in hospitals by a coroner, who warned that there is a “risk of future deaths unless something is done”.

A PROPOSED economic strategy, which is being developed by Enterprising Cumbria for the county, will be placed before senior councillors next ...

A CORNISH dog owner will make her 27-year-long dream come true in March when she debuts at Crufts with her Border Collie, Veto.

A STAFFORDSHIRE dog owner will be fulfilling a childhood dream when she makes her debut in the Crufts agility competition this March with her ...

New research suggests that workers born after April 1970 will not reach UK State Pension age until they are 71 ...