Unite general secretary Sharon Graham said she is dismayed ministers appear to have ‘given up’ on keeping the refinery open.

No official casualty figures have been released but an AP reporter at the scene described significant casualties on the street.

Three premature babies received total parenteral nutrition feed, contaminated by Bacillus cereus, while undergoing care in hospital.

An 81-year-old man has been charged with murder after a woman died following serious injuries in south-east London. Brian James, of Dunwich Road, Bexleyheath, is due to appear at the Old Bailey on ...

Firms that provide care for children on behalf of councils face a profit cap if they do not curb their gains, Bridget Phillipson said.

A Black Nissan Quashqai motor car was stolen without keys during the hours of 9.30pm and 11.50pm on Sunday November 17.

A damaged Maltese ship carrying potentially explosive fertiliser has returned to Norfolk, sparking criticism of Transport Secretary Louise Haigh. MV Ruby arrived at Great Yarmouth’s harbour on Monday, ...

The work will accelerate the development of hypersonic vehicles which travel faster than the speed of sound, John Healey said.

Donna Stevens, chief executive of the Girls’ Schools Association, has called Labour’s private school policy a ‘step backwards for equality’.

Downing Street refused to be drawn into a row over the tech billionaire’s criticisms of its plans to reform inheritance tax for farms.

Conservative MP Sir Bernard Jenkin asked defence minister Al Carns why documents about the 1982 attack on the Sir Galahad were being withheld.

Stormont’s former health minister Robin Swann has admitted that decisions he made during the Covid pandemic continue to “weigh heavily” upon him. Mr Swann also told the UK Covid-19 Inquiry that he did ...