If the process moves quickly, infrastructure work could begin in the next few months and construction of homes could start in around a year.

A local council in Northern Ireland has started a probe into a hotel being used to house asylum seekers. Antrim and Newtownabbey Council confirmed that an enforcement investigation has commenced. It ...

Lucy Connolly, who was jailed for inciting racial hatred in the aftermath of the Southport terror attack, is reportedly set to be released from prison. Connolly, the wife of Conservative councillor ...

Retired women effectively go more than four months every year without getting a pension because of a gender gap, according to research. The TUC estimated women were losing the equivalent of £7,600 a ...

Tens of thousands of pupils in England will get their grades in an app this year as part of a Government pilot.

Paddington The Musical, written by Jessica Swale and directed by Luke Sheppard, will feature songs from McFly singer Tom Fletcher, and follows the small bear from Peru as he lands in London where a ...

Many of the pupils who sat their GCSEs this summer were in Year 6 when schools closed because of the pandemic.

The health service has launched a personalised “blood matching” test for people with rare conditions who require regular blood transfusions. The move will allow donor blood to be matched to these ...

According to the Children Act 2004, it is unlawful to hit your child, except where it is ‘reasonable punishment’, and this is ...

A flotilla of hundreds of historic ships is heading into Amsterdam, kicking off a five-day festival celebrating the Dutch ...

Australian home affairs minister Tony Burke further inflamed Israel’s anger by cancelling the visa of far-right politician ...

Experts said the approval of the new treatment combination would bring a ‘fundamental shift’ in care for patients with late-stage disease.