A pioneering rigid shipping mast has set off on its first journey, harnessing the wind to propel a cargo ship from England to ...

A missing crew member of a cargo ship which struck a tanker in the North Sea was identified by UK prosecutors as 38-year-old Filipino Mark Angelo Pernia. He is now presumed dead, police said.

The health secretary suggested hundreds more quangos could be in the firing line, warning that scrapping NHS England was ‘the ...

Here is a list of confirmed council tax rises for 2025/26 for all top-tier local authorities in England. The list has been ...

For each authority, the percentage increase in council tax in 2025/26 is given, along with (in brackets) the increase in the previous two years of 2024/25 and 2023/24. The figures for 2024/25 and 2023 ...

Nearly nine in 10 authorities in England will impose a 4.99% increase this year, the most allowed without triggering a local ...