The Justice Secretary has announced more emergency measures to curb prison overcrowding as she warned jails are on track to be down to “zero capacity” by November. Shabana Mahmood unveiled changes to ...

The majority of reductions are set to come from head office-based teams around the world, led by the UK where there is a ...

The US agriculture secretary said the US is ‘100 confident’ that its wood chips meet the UK’s sustainability requirements.

Lisandro Martinez and Joshua Zirkzee are ruled out of a final that a number of United’s defence are a doubt for, with Yoro joining fellow centre-backs De Ligt and Heaven on the sidelines after limping ...

A prison officers’ union has called for urgent action after attacks at two jails left prison officers injured.

The driest spring so far in more than a century is continuing, the Met Office said, as some farmers hope for “substantial” rain amid drought concerns. So far this spring, 80.6mm of rain has been ...

Mr Justice McAlinden, president of the Victims’ Payment Board, described the definition of the current scheme as “very restrictive”. He said he regrets that those who were bereaved in the Troubles are ...

Official figures are forecast to show a bounce in the first quarter of the year, before April’s tax rises and Donald Trump’s tariff announcement.

There have been calls for legislation which would mean only qualified surgeons can conduct certain procedures.

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

Great British Energy will not invest in any supply chains that involve slave labour, energy minister Michael Shanks has said, with measures to establish the state-owned energy company on the verge of ...

The unemployment rate was just under 4.20% in the three months to the end of June 2024 – the last measurement before the general election. It has since risen to a little over 4.53% in the three months ...