The number of asylum seekers being housed temporarily in UK hotels has risen by 8% under Labour on the same point last year, according to newly published data.

Teenagers in England, Wales and Northern Ireland have received their exam results to help them progress to sixth form, college or training.

Merseyside Police said the fire at Woolton Hall, Liverpool, on Tuesday ‘appears to have been an extremely reckless act’.

A large police cordon was put in place on Leeds Road on Wednesday afternoon following the serious incident. The men arrived and made off in a Volkswagen Golf, a spokesperson for West Yorkshire Police ...

Rapper Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs was cleared of sex trafficking following a trial in July but found guilty of lesser charges related to prostitution.

The former childminder, from Northampton, was ordered to serve 40 of her 31-month sentence in prison before being released on licence.

London and south-east England have seen larger year-on-year falls in the GCSE pass rate than all other regions, the 2025 exam figures show. Some 71.6% of entries in London were awarded grade 4 or ...

The number of pupils receiving top grades in GCSE examinations in Northern Ireland has risen. Results have been delivered to more than 32,000 pupils across the region. The provisional results show ...

SILSDEN pulled off the mother of all comebacks on Tuesday to book a spot in the FA Cup first qualifying round, as they turned the tables ...

GMB members at Airedale Hospital have voted for strike action. Union bosses say workers including porters, domestics and catering and security staff – outsourced to AGH Solutions Ltd – are on worse ...

Ethel Caterham, who lives in Surrey, became the oldest living person in April after the death of Brazilian nun Sister Inah Canbarro Lucas at 116.

Russian forces launched more than 600 drones and missiles overnight, striking an American electronics factory in the west of Ukraine.