Strictly Come Dancing has confirmed the Christmas special will happen again this year and Josh Widdicombe is the first celebrity to be announced.

Ms Haigh also said there are “early signs” of improvement across several services, including London North Eastern Railway (LNER), Northern Rail and TransPennine Express, but noted it will “take time ...

Ruben Amorim has arrived in Manchester to begin his reign as Manchester United boss (Zed Jameson/PA). The former Netherlands striker, who was brought in over the summer and has been in interim charge ...

The third of 62 inquests has heard a breast cancer patient was not told Paterson was under investigation when she was treated in 2007.

Ministers are “looking at” the lengthy form which pensioners must fill out to secure their winter fuel payments. Pensions minister Emma Reynolds acknowledged the application process was “very long”, ...

Giving evidence to the UK Covid-19 Public Inquiry, NHS England chief executive Amanda Pritchard said that the decision was “disappointing” and that the nation “could be in a different position” when ...

Taxi driver Urfan Sharif, 42, appearing at the Old Bailey on Monday, once again denied killing his daughter by beating her. He told jurors that he found the 10-year-old collapsed after his wife ...

He is expected to tell the nearly 100 other delegations in Baku that Britain is returning to ‘responsible international engagement’.

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba has pledged to take tougher measures against the misuse of political funds after he ...

Home workers save an average of 56 minutes a day from not commuting, according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS). This frees time for them to get 24 more minutes of “sleep and rest” and 15 ...

Free money is something we could all do with as Christmas approaches, and some banks are so keen to take on new customers that they offer a cash incentive. There are also various rewards up for grabs ...

A video allegedly showing Premier League referee David Coote insulting Jurgen Klopp and Liverpool FC has seen him suspended ...