Learner drivers face six-month wait for a test and spiralling costs as backlog hits record high

Learner drivers say they are facing queues of 23,000 people when trying to book a test

PM has turned to one of the UK’s most respected diplomats to replace Lord Mandelson in Washington DC

Laura Crane, from Devon, rode what she described as ‘one of the most perfect big waves’ in Portugal on Saturday

Sir Keir Starmer has chosen veteran diplomat Christian Turner as Lord Mandelson’s successor as Britain’s ambassador to the US.

The HMP Bronzefield hunger strikes have been cited as “the biggest coordinated prison hunger strike’ in the UK in almost 40 years

Jess Phillips promises ‘change is coming’ as long-awaited violence against women and girls strategy published

Those on hunger strikes have been denied bail and are due to go on trial next year at the earliest

Heartburn is a burning caused by stomach acid travelling up towards the throat, also known as acid reflux

Prime minister Keir Starmer has hailed the rate cut with around 533,000 homeowner tracker mortgages outstanding in June 2025

Millions of households will receive a discount to their energy bills this year

Louis Ssekabira told teachers he had found the details on a laptop bought from Gumtree, a professional misconduct hearing was told

Today’s interest rate announcement comes as CPI rates fell to 3.2 per cent in November

Police stopped a driver who was driving whilst balancing a sofa on the top of their car in Leeds.

After the welfare rebellion before the summer, Sir Keir Starmer has a new challenge to his authority on court reform

PPE Medpro, the company linked to Baroness Michelle Mone, has been wound up at a specialist companies court.

Sir Keir Starmer has said he would not let someone talk to his daughter in the way US President Donald Trump spoke to a reporter.

Peter Cushing OBE became a national treasure due to numerous appearances in Hammer horror films

Jess Phillips promises ‘change is coming’ as long-awaited violence against women and girls strategy published

The base rate has been cut by the Bank of England to 3.75 per cent

The 70-year-old was due to appear at Oxford Magistrates’ Court on Thursday

CCTV footage captures the moment that a paid assassin shot a man outside a pub on Hogmanay.

Today’s interest rate announcement comes as CPI rates fell to 3.2 per cent in November

Sierra Leone, which has one of the world’s highest maternal mortality rates, is losing tens of millions in grants for maternal and newborn health

Labour’s plan ensures an inheritance tax of 20 per cent is imposed on farmers’ agricultural assets worth more than £1 million

Watch live as family members of Palestine Action protesters who are on hunger strike hold a press conference on Thursday (18 December).

Research saw more elves being paid the National Living Wage this year

It comes after the Met Police and Manchester Police announced on Wednesday that anyone chanting controversial slogans such as ‘globalise the intifada’ would face arrest

Many Labour MPs are reportedly bracing for the worst at the upcoming elections

Pro-Palestine protest group Palestine Action was proscribed under terror laws in July

A teenage boy, who cannot be named for legal reasons, has been charged with the murder of Aria Thorpe