The Education Secretary said early years education and childcare were her ‘first priority’ as she set out the Government’s plans.

The Government has been urged to reverse its controversial decision to cut winter fuel allowance for many pensioners after a strong message was sent from Labour’s annual conference. Delegates backed a ...

Firefighters and police evacuated residents on Tuesday at Billing Aquadrome holiday park, Northamptonshire Fire and Rescue Service said.

Former Scotland rugby captain Rob Wainwright is to host a “Doddie Discofest” on a Hebridean island to raise money for research into motor neurone disease. The two-day event on Coll will feature music ...

A MAN from Caernarfon who assaulted and strangled his “vulnerable” partner has been jailed. Barry Jones, 44, of Cae Bold, was sentenced to three-and-a-half years’ imprisonment at Mold Crown Court ...

Phillip Schofield has pledged to tell his story of “survival, both on a desert island and off it” in a Channel 5 show that sees him return the screen following his nearly two-year absence from the ...

Two men have denied murdering a mother and her three children who were killed in a house fire in Bradford. Bryonie Gawith, 29; Denisty Birtle, nine; Oscar Birtle, five; and 22-month-old Aubree Birtle; ...

Earth is set to play host to a “mini-moon” this week, as a small asteroid – about the length of a double decker bus – enters the planet’s orbit. The temporary guest, called 2024 PT5, is set to arrive ...

In the 2000 film, Cast Away Tom Hanks’ character Charles “Chuck” Noland crashes in the Pacific Ocean, and has to fend for himself for years with only a volleyball for company. Robinson Crusoe tells ...

Petrol prices have reached a three-year low due to a fall in oil prices and the strength of the pound. The average price of a litre of the fuel at UK forecourts on Tuesday was 135.7p, the RAC said.

The interim report from the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee found multiple failures on almost every ...

Developing economies in Asia are forecast to grow at a 5.0% annual pace this year, helped by a strong US economy and surging demand for computer chips that power artificial intelligence, the Asian ...