Long-running BBC Scotland soap opera River City is to come to an end next year after more than two decades. The drama, set in the fictional setting of Shieldinch, will air its final series in autumn ...

Lloyds has pushed the button on an overhaul of its IT division, affecting about 6,000 staff, as the group races to modernise its digital banking services. Thousands of technology and engineering roles ...

Sir Keir Starmer said failure to reform the system would be ‘morally bankrupt’ but his own backbenchers, unions and campaigners hit back.

A British playwright has embarked on a 150-mile fasting pilgrimage to raise funds for schoolchildren in Gaza and to stand up against Islamophobia. Peter Oswald, a former writer in residence at ...

The charity People’s Trust for Endangered Species (PTES) is asking nature lovers to help them track changes in populations.

Two women who have accused actor Noel Clarke of making sexualised comments to them have said they never made complaints at the time for fear of harming their burgeoning careers, the High Court has ...

A woman in her twenties has died and two people have been injured after they were hit by a van in central London. The Metropolitan Police said they were called to the crash near the Strand at 11.41am ...

It continues a crackdown by Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s right-wing populist party on the country’s LGBT+ community.

Former senior hospital managers have called for the public inquiry to be halted after Letby’s case was passed to the Criminal Cases ...

Work and Pensions Secretary Liz Kendall said the current social security system is “failing the very people it is supposed to help and holding our country back”. Ahead of Tuesday’s announcement, MPs ...

The debt-laden water company recently won court approval for a £3 billion loan deal designed to keep it running into 2026.

Ms Kallas – who also serves as vice president of the European Commission – is also due to meet Defence Secretary John Healey.