The Prime Minister said this week that he wanted to look at widening eligibility for the payments worth up to £300.

The ambulance was locked at the time while the paramedics were inside a patient’s home in Harrow, north-west London.

Ofgem’s price cap – which sets a maximum rate per unit and standing charge that can be billed to customers for their energy use – will fall by £129 for an average household per year, or around £11 a ...

The German economy grew by 0.4% in the first quarter thanks to stronger-than-expected exports and manufacturing, official data showed. That was double the growth initially estimated for Europe’s ...

In another boost for Golden Square, a new Irish bar is set to open its doors for the first time this afternoon. The Dubliner is set to open soon in what was Flanagan’s Irish Bar in Old Market Place.

In a treaty to “complete the process of decolonisation of Mauritius”, the Government has agreed to pay at least £120 million-a-year for 99 years for control of the vital Diego Garcia base, plus hand ...

The weapon was not fired and no-one was injured in the incident at the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital in Glasgow early on Friday.

Carl Fahy has been charged with exposure, the courts have confirmed. It is alleged that the 35-year-old, of no fixed abode, but formerly of St Helens, committed the offence at HM Prison Risley. It is ...

Muppets creator Jim Henson graduated from Maryland in 1960. A home economics major, he fashioned the original frog puppet from one of his mother’s coats and a Ping-Pong ball cut in half, according to ...

US packaging maker International Paper has announced plans to close five sites in the UK, putting about 300 jobs at risk, following its acquisition of DS Smith. The company said it needs to become ...

A Coronation Street star has been spotted on set seven years after leaving the ITV programme. It was previously reported that actress Catherine Tyldesley would be reprising her role as Eva Price, ...

Prop Zane Musgrove is expected to leave Warrington Wolves with immediate effect - and it creates another unwanted issue at the worst possible time ...