The number of births in England and Wales rose last year, the first increase since 2021, helped by a “notable” jump in babies born to fathers aged 60 and over. Some 594,677 live births were registered ...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said he will travel to Washington next week to meet Donald Trump and other officials. Speaking to a meeting of his cabinet, Mr Netanyahu did not elaborate ...

Susan Sarandon has said she is “terrified but excited” to make her UK theatre debut in the play Mary Page Marlowe at London’s Old Vic. Sarandon will star opposite acclaimed actor Andrea Riseborough in ...

Three people who were part of the senior leadership team at the hospital where killer nurse Lucy Letby worked have been arrested on suspicion of gross negligence manslaughter. Cheshire Constabulary ...

The latest forecast of a further 1 drop comes on the day Ofgem’s latest price cap adjustment – a fall of 7, or £129 – takes effect ...

Mr Aldridge said to the King: “We, the Lord Provost and members of the City of Edinburgh Council, welcome Your Majesty to the capital city of your ancient and hereditary kingdom of Scotland and offer ...

Jeanette Ret, from the Musselburgh Over 50’s Club, presents a cheque for £600 to Brian Allen, of the Edinburgh Taxi Outing committee; the Lord Provost of Edinburgh, Robert Aldridge; and Alex Lyon, ...

A spokesperson for the group said activists are ‘successfully disrupting’ business-as-usual at Elbit Systems in Bristol.

The S&P Global UK manufacturing PMI survey, watched closely by economists, showed a reading of 47.7 in June, up from 46.4 in May.

MUSSELBURGH snooker star Ross Muir has missed out on the chance to reach the main draw for the first tournament of the season.

France and the rest of Europe remains in the grip of the first major heatwave this summer with health warnings in effect on ...