The current level of taxpayer funding for the Government-owned postal service was unsustainable, the Department for Business and Trade said.

Chancellor Rachel Reeves said the manifesto commitment not to increase income tax, national insurance and VAT still stood.

Four people died in the plane crash at London Southend Airport on Sunday, the PA news agency understands. The crash, which happened shortly before 4pm, involved “one 12-metre plane”, Essex Police said ...

A DRUG dealer congratulated police who found more than £1m of drugs in his car boot – after he led them on a 120mph pursuit on the M5. The discovery, one of the biggest of its kind in the region in ...

A BBC Gaza documentary breached an editorial guideline on accuracy, a report said. The programme, Gaza: How To Survive A Warzone, was removed from BBC iPlayer in February after it emerged that the ...

Katie Wallis, the MP for Bridgend in South Wales from 2019 to 2024, became the first openly transgender MP in the House of Commons in 2022.

Nine people have died in a fire at an assisted living facility in Massachusetts, where people were hanging out of windows calling for help, authorities said. At least 30 people were injured.

The review, conducted by Peter Johnston, the director of editorial complaints and reviews which is independent of BBC News, said the programme was in breach of accuracy for “failing to disclose ...

The Interior Ministry has said more than 30 people died and nearly 100 others have been injured in that fighting.

A suspended Tory MP accused of sexually assaulting two women at London’s Groucho club will face trial next year. Patrick Spencer, MP for Central Suffolk and North Ipswich, allegedly cupped the breasts ...

Thames Water has asked customers not to use hosepipes, including for cleaning cars, watering plants, filling pools or cleaning windows.

A road near a school in Kidderminster is set to close for four days. According to the Worcestershire County Council website, Pelham Lodge will be closed from Tuesday (July 15). There is a valid permit ...