A “tidal wave” of flu infections has led to a 70% increase in hospital cases in England in just seven days, the NHS has said. An average of 1,861...
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Four illnesses are circulating in the UK this winter, in what has been dubbed the “quad-demic”. NHS leaders have issued a warning that cases of...
Coronation Street actor Carol Royle says her “heart is aching” following her husband’s death, caused by a sudden brain haemorrhage after...
We have been here before and each time we have said “never again”. Reacting to the verdicts, the children’s commissioner for England Dame...
We’re out on the street for a matter of seconds before PCs David Parker and Jake Dean shoot off on their bikes through the pre-Christmas traffic. They are in...
The government is today demanding “immediate, mandatory” housing targets from councils as part of its plans to build 1.5 million houses by the next...
Children in England are being set up to live “shorter and unhealthier” lives because there is so much easily available junk food in cities, the...
Small British businesses have stopped selling to Northern Ireland as well as Europe due to extra administrative hurdles posed by new EU customs rules coming...
Sara Sharif’s father and stepmother have been found guilty of murdering the 10-year-old before fleeing to Pakistan. Sara was hooded, tied up, beaten with...
From the moment she was born, Sara Sharif was known to social services. Throughout her life, there were times they could have intervened – and...
An 18-year-old Briton has been sentenced to a year in prison in Dubai after a “holiday romance” with a girl who was 17 at the time. Marcus Fakana...
A police unit launched to crack down on the surge in shoplifting has arrested 93 members of 28 organised crime gangs behind more than £4m worth of thefts. The...
Thousands of prison cells could be left empty because they are not fit for inmates to stay in. It comes at a time when the prison estate is under extreme...
Two people have been taken to hospital after a gas explosion at a terraced house in east London. Footage on social media showed the moment of the blast on a...
A former England rugby player is believed to have died after going into a river in his car in Northumberland. Northumbria Police said officers received a...
A former human rights lawyer has been handed a two-year prison sentence, suspended for two years, after admitting three counts of fraud linked to cases against...
