North Ayrshire Council will provide free packed lunches to children and young people during the summer holidays.

Government borrowing last month jumped to the highest level for May outside the pandemic era despite a boost to the tax take after the Chancellor’s national insurance hike.

The Office for National Statistics said the total volume of retail sales fell by 2.7 in May – the biggest drop since the end of 2023.

Almost 3 million more households will be eligible for £150 discounts on their energy bills next winter, it has been announced. The Warm Home Discount scheme, which helps households in the UK with the ...

Temperatures had been forecast to hit 32C across the south east on Saturday and had already reached that level on Thursday in London.

A WOMAN has been given a curfew after stealing almost £5,000 by fraudulently using a couple's bank card. Chelsea Hill, 35, previously pleaded guilty to using the card and PIN to take £4,773.98 from ...

The Met has introduced new violence against women and girls (VAWG) patrols alongside the V100 project, a new data-driven approach to identify serious sexual offenders and prevent crimes.

Each 140g LP is made up of approximately nine recycled bottles, after they are cleaned, processed into small pellets and then moulded into records.

R&B singer Chris Brown is due to appear in court to enter a plea after he was charged over an alleged bottle attack at a London nightclub two years ago. The American musician, 36, was able to continue ...

The teenager who fatally stabbed 12-year-old Ava White in Liverpool city centre can be named for the first time as he turns 18. Harry Gilbertson was 14 when he carried out the attack on the schoolgirl ...

Scientists are to examine whether drugs that are already in use could be repurposed to treat the symptoms of both Alzheimer’s disease and Parkinson’s in a new collaboration which aims to discover ...

The family of a “much-loved son, brother and father” who was shot dead in north London have appealed for information about his murder. Mahad Abdi Mohamed, 27, died after being shot in the head in ...