A national strategy to address the underachievement of boys in education is “urgently” needed, a Labour MP has said. “Too often working class boys start behind and stay behind,” Sam Rushworth, MP for ...

The legislation includes measures to boost the power of mayors and deliver a ‘radical reset of local government’.

Northern Ireland’s deputy First Minister Emma Little-Pengelly has said people “playing politics” over a contentious loyalist bonfire in Belfast should step back and allow safety work on the site to ...

A yellow heat health alert has been extended to all regions in England, with temperatures set to reach 31C on Thursday and expected to climb as the third heatwave of the summer hits the UK.

The Third Eye covers the years 1963-69 and includes photos of The Beatles everywhere from their native Liverpool to India to Shea Stadium.

The Royal Mail has been given the go-ahead to scrap the delivery of second-class post on Saturdays by Ofcom. At the moment, the courier adheres to the current one-price-goes-anywhere principle of the ...

Strike action in Scotland’s local authorities has been averted as two more unions announced members have accepted a two-year pay offer. Unite the union announced on Thursday that 77% of its members ...

Five men have been arrested in Oldham and Rochdale in connection with suspected vehicle thefts involved in organised crime ...

Tennis world number one Aryna Sabalenka handed water to spectators on Centre Court who required assistance amid sweltering sunny conditions at Wimbledon. During the first set of her semi-final against ...

A “serious blunder” led to missed opportunities to disrupt a plot by Islamic State extremists to kill a Rochdale Imam, a public inquiry has found.

Children’s TV presenter and entertainer Glen Michael has been remembered as an “STV legend”, as the broadcaster announced his death at the age of 99. He was best known for Glen Michael’s Cartoon ...

Will Murray and Jack Croft, the duo behind Michelin Guide hotspots Fallow, FOWL and Roe, stepped up to the plate as new research revealed 65% of Brits eat lunch at their desks - and just 13% take a ...