Three new prisons will be built starting this year, as part of a “record prison expansion”, Justice Secretary Shabana Mahmood said, as the Government grapples with near-full jails.

Care staff working at Enable Scotland are to go on strike in a dispute over pay in the first national care walkout in more than a decade, Unison has announced. The strike will roll out across five ...

Stuart Murdoch, the lead singer of Belle and Sebastian, has joined campaigners to call for urgent action on ME (Myalgic encephalomyelitis). The singer and other people with the condition, which is ...

Tim FitzHigham, creative director of St George’s Guildhall in King’s Lynn, Norfolk described it as the “dry equivalent of the Mary Rose”. The theatre identified 15th century floorboards believed to ...

Bars, hotels and yoga studios across east London have been recognised by travel blog Muddy Stilettos in its Muddy Awards 2025.

A family statement said he “passed away peacefully at St Margaret’s Hospice in Clydebank surrounded by family and friends”.

Inisherin served a reminder of his class with a battling success in the 1895 Duke of York Clipper Stakes at York.

Aston Martini jumped excellently throughout in the hands of Felix de Giles, moving stylishly into contention in the home straight and soon alongside Il Est Francais, who folded tamely before the last, ...

Republic of Ireland boss Heimir Hallgrimsson hopes those players who have been left out of his squad for the June friendlies will use their summer break to fully “switch off” and come back refreshed ...

Rory McIlroy has no plans to “burden” himself with victory targets and is determined to enjoy achieving everything he dreamed of following his memorable Masters triumph.

Karl Burke made a winning start to the new season at York as his fresh recruit Almosh’her got the better of a ding-dong battle with Stressfree in the Sky Bet Race To The Ebor Jorvik Handicap.

Consumer champion Martin Lewis and charities have welcomed a Government pledge to look into making council tax collection practices fairer. Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster Pat McFadden told ITV’s ...