The number of asylum seekers being housed temporarily in UK hotels has risen by 8% under Labour on the same point last year, according to newly published data.

Ethel Caterham, of Lightwater, Surrey, who was born in August 1909, succeeded to the title of oldest living person in April.

Aimee Betro flew to the UK to carry out the plot in Birmingham, which failed when the gun jammed, allowing the victim to escape.

A young shepherd set the baa high with her GCSE results when she arrived to collect them with her sheep, Kevin. Milly Johnson, 16, who has won awards for sheep-handling, brought along the North ...

Ethel Caterham, who lives in Surrey, became the oldest living person in April after the death of Brazilian nun Sister Inah Canbarro Lucas at 116.

Conservative-led councils in Hertfordshire, Surrey and London are considering taking legal action against hoteliers, he said.

The Office for National Statistics said the borrowing of £1.1 billion is the lowest July figure for three years.

The 44-turbine farm in the south of Scotland is set to deliver more than £800 million in local investment over its 40-year operational life.

In the wrong hands, a production of Philip King’s 1945 farce can be a disaster – when you have a director like Jonathan Hunt and his assembled cast at the Manor Pavilion, Sidmouth – it is an unalloyed ...

The water company is in the running to win the B Challenge Awards 2025 for its "innovative" Upstream Thinking programme.

The Grade II listed cottage at 73 Chapel Street will see a variety of changes, including the replacement of a concrete floor in the living room.

Sidmouth Golf Club has announced a series of winners following recent competitions. In the Upper Crust-sponsored Monday stableford, Callum Hill clinched first place in Division 1 with 41 points.