The people of Ireland have “appreciation” for the life of Pope Francis, Irish President Michael D Higgins has said. Mr Higgins and his wife Sabine have travelled to Rome ahead of the funeral of the ...

The Public Accounts Committee said certification schemes aiming to ensure biomass has been sustainably sourced may not be strong enough.

The RAC, which conducted the study, said just five businesses are responsible for nearly half of all tickets issued.

Businesses are “crying out” for Scottish visas, an SNP MP has said, as he claimed a managed migration scheme could boost Scotland’s economic growth. Stephen Gethins argued the UK’s current “one-size ...

His intervention comes as Conservative frontbenchers continue to debate the party’s response to the rise of Reform.

Charles and Camilla will also watch a military procession and flypast with veterans and attend a celebratory concert.

Final mourners were in a queue for their last chance to see Pope Francis’s remains – as a UK cardinal predicted the funeral will be a “masterpiece” in stage managing “big egos” as world leaders fly in ...

The Princess Royal will attend a dawn service for the Australian and New Zealand troops who fell in Gallipoli in north-west Turkey in 1915.

Non-league Basingstoke Town in Hampshire said it will use the one-off shirts for its home match against Merthyr Town on Saturday.

Sian Berry warned that the Government had shown ‘worrying attitudes’ to nature ahead of a debate about banning toxic weedkillers.

If people had all three unhealthy habits, their mental and physical health were much worse than if they had none, researchers found.

Of the 54,587 knife crime offences in England and Wales in 2024, 31% (16,789) were recorded by the Metropolitan Police, 9% (4 ...