The Education Committee will look into the reasons for the decline in reading among children and how it can be reversed.

Bogus refund claims are among the challenges faced by retailers while shoppers are being urged to watch out for fake adverts and websites.

Here are the latest planning applications in and around Bridgwater submitted to Somerset Council. The proposal includes the erection of three freestanding post-mounted signs and one fascia sign at 7 ...

Jamie McDonald, who has set world endurance records, has launched the Ward Buddies to end emotional abandonment for children in hospital.

On Wednesday, the Chancellor will unveil her latest autumn Budget amid growing concerns over weakness in the economy.

The study chosen will receive £100,000 in funding and work with families to understand when and why the issue occurs.

Police said the teenager was detained following an incident in Baydon Close, Moredon, Swindon, on Friday evening.

Sir Keir Starmer has spoken to Donald Trump on the phone and agreed their teams will work together on the US president’s peace proposal for Ukraine during talks in Geneva tomorrow, Downing Street has ...

Rail fares are to be frozen for the first time in 30 years, the Government has announced. Ministers said the move will save millions of rail travellers hundreds of pounds off season tickets, peak and ...

The Deputy First Minister is to host a summit on future support for workers after visiting a threatened chemical plant. Kate Forbes will visit the ExxonMobil ethylene plant at Mossmorran, Fife, on ...

United Nations climate talks in Brazil reached a subdued agreement on Saturday to deliver more money to countries hit hardest by climate change to help them adapt to extreme weather’s wrath. But the ...

Chancellor Rachel Reeves is grappling with weak economic growth, persistent inflation and an expected downgrade to official productivity forecasts.