Andy Burnham hopes to use the Makerfield by-election to return to Parliament where he could mount a challenge to Sir Keir Starmer.

US PGA Championship winner Aaron Rai’s old form tutor remembers him as an utterly determined youngster, who was regularly picked up by his father from school to head straight to golf practice. Kathy ...

Stars including Alex Kingston, Vogue Williams and Jeremy Clarkson were all seen enjoying the Chelsea Flower Show’s press day.

Two 24-hour strikes planned by London Underground drivers this week have been called off. Members of the Rail, Maritime and Transport union (RMT) were due to walk out at 12 noon tomorrow and again on ...

Jakub Jan Konkel, 40, was sentenced to 13-and-a-half years for concealing 90kg of the drug, worth £7m, alongside a legitimate load of ...

Parts of the country could reach highs of 26C by Friday, as warm, settled weather is expected to arrive just in time for the bank holiday weekend.

The Prime Minister said he would support the contender ‘whoever they are’ to see off the threat from Nigel Farage’s Reform UK ...

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) updated its growth projections a month after warning of a sharp slowdown caused by the ...

The inquest found that British Army soldiers ‘did not use reasonable force’ in the shooting of five people in west Belfast in ...

John Swinney is “confident” he will win a vote to be elected as first minister on Tuesday. The SNP was returned as the largest party at Holyrood in this month’s election, winning 58 seats, but falling ...

A Spanish court has acquitted Colombian singer Shakira in a tax fraud case, ordering the government to return more than 55 million euros (£48 million) in wrongly imposed fines, a court document said.

The Treasury has set out plans to relax financial crisis-era ring-fencing rules on banks in a bid to help increase lending and investment. The reforms are designed to create a “more agile and ...