The largest review of the water sector since privatisation has come under criticism for not going far enough to ensure systemic change.

A Labour MP has proposed a new law, so unmarried mothers whose partners die during their pregnancy can name both parents on a child’s birth certificate. Jen Craft said her Registration of Births ...

Jazwell Brown, 49, fatally stabbed Joanne Pearson, 38, and Teohna Grant, 24, in Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire on December 25 last year.

French police teargassed migrants desperately trying to reach the UK as No 10 admitted the situation at the English Channel was getting worse. Hundreds gathered on the dunes before making dashes ...

Katie Wallis, previously known as Jamie, admitted the “harassment without violence” of Rebecca Wallis between February and March this year.

Eluned Morgan said she welcomed the decision by Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer to hold a statutory inquiry into child abuse across England ...

Dunfermline’s shop is located in the city’s Kingsgate Centre, and will now be owned by the investment firm Gordon Brothers, along with more than 800 stores. A list of stores facing the bullet has not ...

The UK has hit 30 new Russian targets with sanctions in a bid to ramp up pressure on Vladimir Putin as he continues to resist calls for an unconditional ceasefire in Ukraine. A raft of new sanctions ...

President Donald Trump has abruptly left the G7 summit, departing a day early on Monday as the conflict between Israel and Iran intensifies and the US leader has declared that Tehran should be ...

Health Secretary Wes Streeting said the NHS has a “culture of cover-up” as he apologised for failures that are said to have left a woman permanently disabled. He told MPs there is “too much of that ...

TV presenter Aggie MacKenzie, who rose to fame presenting How Clean Is Your House? with Kim Woodburn, has paid tribute to her co-presenter, describing her as “incredible” and “fierce”, after she died ...

A night-time Russian missile and drone bombardment of Ukraine has killed at least 15 people and injured 156 others while they slept in their homes, local officials said. At least 14 people were killed ...