The October 1 hike to Ofgem’s price cap includes the Government’s decision to remove VAT from household electricity bills, which also takes effect from Thursday. The removal of the 5% levy until March ...

The 78-year-old musician, nicknamed The Godfather Of Heavy Metal, previously described the honour as ‘unbelievable’.

The contents included soil from the ancestral Northamptonshire home of America’s first president George Washington.

Hundreds of prisoners are due to walk free from jail on Thursday in the first wave of the Government’s controversial expanded early release scheme. Some 5,000 prisoners are scheduled to be released in ...

Five British nationals, all in their mid-20s, were arrested on suspicion of explosives offences and terrorism.

Police are continuing to investigate after three teenagers were killed when their Audi A3 entered the River Wear in Sunderland. A 17-year-old boy, who was also in the vehicle at the time of the crash ...

US president Donald Trump has joined the leaders of major artificial intelligence (AI) companies in signing a voluntary ...