The UK competition watchdog has said it is investigating the proposed takeover of NHS landlord Assura. Last month, rival healthcare property firm PHP (Primary Health Properties) put forward a fourth ...

The Public Accounts Committee said the Home Office had not analysed exit checks since the skilled worker visa route was introduced in 2020.

Pop star Katy Perry and British actor Orlando Bloom have split, several media outlets reported. The pair “have been shifting their relationship over the past many months to focus on co-parenting” and ...

Police have arrested almost 2,000 people in a week-long crackdown on county lines drug networks, the National Police Chiefs’ Council (NPCC) said. Forces across the country made 1,965 arrests, shut ...

Sir Keir Starmer said he has a good relationship with US President Donald Trump because they both “care about family”. The Prime Minister told the BBC Radio 4 podcast Political Thinking With Nick ...

EastEnders legend lands new role on rival foreign soap opera 20 years after her 'brutal' exit from the BBC programme.

More than 500 towns across England and Wales have signed up to the Home Office’s safer streets summer initiative, which will run to September 30 ...

Mourners are to gather to honour Liverpool footballer Diogo Jota at a wake in Portugal on Friday morning, a local parish priest has said. The 28-year-old father of three, who had married his long-term ...

Bridget Phillipson will decry ‘a national scandal’ when she speaks at a Government regional improvement conference on Friday.

Hampstead Heath Ponds have been named among the best wild swimming spots in the UK by National Geographic. Find out why.

Conditions at the UK-France border are becoming “more dangerous” for young people, a charity has warned, after it was revealed that at least 15 children died trying to cross the Channel last year.