Fire breaks out at high-rise building in Reading

Footage on social media showed flames and thick black smoke billowing into the air.

Matheson to be investigated by parliamentary body over £11,000 iPad...

The Scottish minister said his teenage sons racked up the bill, initially paid by taxpayers, using the device as a hotspot to watch football.

Tory donor makes appeal bid after losing High Court libel fight with...

Two appeal judges are considering Mohamed Amersi’s libel claim against Charlotte Leslie at a preliminary Court of Appeal hearing in London.

Only 20% of school estate will be net zero compliant by 2050, MPs wa...

The Environmental Audit Committee said the Department for Education is ‘not moving at pace’ to deliver its sustainability commitments.

Mordaunt: SNP’s legacy appalling but Scots do have somewhere warm to...

The Commons Leader made the remark during her weekly clash with SNP counterpart Deidre Brock.

UK and South Korea issue warning over North Korea-linked cyber attac...

The UK’s cyber security agency has joined with its South Korean counterpart to warn of North Korean-backed actors targeting software supply chains.

UK to build new instrument to aid search for life on Mars

UK Space Agency will provide an additional £10.7 million to replace a Russian-made instrument on the Rosalind Franklin rover.

Lord Cameron must reveals links to Chinese port project, says Labour

The Foreign Secretary has helped to promote the Port City Colombo project in Sri Lanka which is financed by China.

Esther McVey: I’m committed to delivering common sense decisions

The minister without portfolio fielded questions from Labour MPs about her role.

‘Absolute madness’ stalker to be freed despite parole panel deeming...

Gareth Wyn Jones is due for automatic release in February even though a Parole Board panel found this month that he is not safe to be freed.

Sunak urged to ‘act now’ by Tory MPs as net migration hits record 74...

The Prime Minister was urged to ‘act now’ by MPs on the right of the party.

Patrick Kielty says hosting Toy Show ‘a massive honour’ as theme rev...

Ryan Tubridy and Kielty have wished each other well in their new roles.

Under-fire Hancock to give evidence before Covid inquiry next week

The former health secretary will appear before the Covid-19 inquiry in a major week of hearings.

Restoring ‘fractured’ contract between parents and schools likely to...

The impact of the broken links with families can be seen in lower school attendance and poorer pupil behaviour, Ofsted boss suggests.

Taps turned on at nature reserve to create winter wetland habitat fo...

Conservationists opened taps at the site in Cambridgeshire to divert water to provide a habitat for wildfowl.

Hunt brushes off Anderson’s idea to send asylum seekers to Orkney

The comments came a week after the Government’s plan to send asylum seekers to Rwanda was deemed unlawful by the Supreme Court.

Net migration hit record level of 745,000 in 2022, revised estimate...

The previous estimate for the year to December 2022 had been 606,000, but the ONS has since revised this upwards.

‘My brother’s dreams of being a footballer ended in the English Chan...

A crossing in November 2021 resulted in the deaths of at least 27 people after the inflatable boat they were in capsized.

Lord Cameron visiting Israel following announcement of truce in war...

The former prime minister arrived in Israel amid uncertainty about when the pause in the fighting will begin.

Friends target rowing world record to raise awareness of mental heal...

Isaac Kenyon, Graham Moore and Alex Pierrot aim to set a record to raise money for Movember.