The package for mayoral authorities is expected to include funding to extend the metros in Tyne and Wear, Greater Manchester and the West Midlands.

CALL The Midwife, the hit BBC drama, will be discussed by Stephen McGann and writer Heidi Thomas at Chester Storyhouse on Sunday.

Singer Jessie J said she has been diagnosed with “early breast cancer” and plans on undergoing surgery following her performance at this month’s Summertime Ball. The Price Tag singer, 37, said in an ...

National Galleries of Scotland found 49 of people in the UK feel they have easy access to cultural space, with the figure 64 north of the border.

Train operators "punish people who have made an innocent mistake", according to an inquiry which criticised Britain’s “complex” fares system. The regulator, the Office of Rail and Road (ORR), ...

A report by the Women and Equalities Committee said that ‘meaningful change requires both cultural and structural reform’.

On Tuesday, search teams were seen draining a well and clearing areas of dense vegetation near abandoned buildings in an area near Praia da Luz.

The White House press secretary said the corporation had to ‘correct and take down’ a story but a BBC spokesperson said it ‘did not remove ...

The Commons Public Accounts Committee criticised the speed of decommissioning work at the former nuclear power plant.

An in-home foot scanner that uses artificial intelligence (AI) to recognise the warning signs of heart failure could help keep people with the condition out of hospital, according to researchers.

More than 100 men stormed Bayham Abbey, near Tunbridge Wells in Kent, with makeshift weapons, in protest at its closure as part of religious reforms.