Counter-terrorism officers are working ‘at pace’ to establish the cause of the fires and ‘any potential motivation’, Scotland Yard said.

The UK ranks near the bottom of a league table for child wellbeing and teenage happiness, according to a global report. The Unicef study found children in general across the world are more likely to ...

Among the offices being closed in London is 102 Petty France, one of the largest Government offices in the capital and home to around 7,000 civil servants in the Ministry of Justice, HM Courts and ...

Households’ trust in water companies has fallen to a new low amid a sewage crisis and rising bills, an annual survey has found. Fewer households – 53%, down 2% on last year to another all-time low – ...

Hundreds of acres of rainforest are to be restored on the Isle of Man, in the largest project so far in a £38 million scheme to revive the rare habitat. Manx Wildlife Trust will restore 750 acres of ...

Victims of rape and sexual assault would have permanent free access to court transcripts under a proposed law to be tabled in Parliament. The Ministry of Justice’s 12-month pilot of the service is due ...

The majority of primary school teachers believe the Government will miss its target of three in four children starting school with a good level of development, according to a poll. A lack of ...

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Holidaymakers are trimming their budgets this summer and looking for ways to make their money stretch further amid economic and political uncertainty and worries about rising living costs, research ...

The Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee is to call on the Government to “recognise and support” UK club culture and electronic music in the wake of venue closures. The committee’s chair Dame ...

China has criticised the UK-US trade deal in a potential blow to the Government’s bid to revive relations with the country. Beijing said it was a “basic principle” that such agreements should not ...

Working 52 hours or more per week may alter the structure of the brain, research suggests. Experts found that being “overworked” may affect those parts of the brain related to problem-solving and ...