A defence minister has pledged to help recognise the service of thousands of women dismissed from the armed forces because of pregnancy. Al Carns, whose ministerial brief includes veterans, offered to ...

There was no blanket “do-not-resuscitate” order for sick patients in Northern Ireland during the Covid pandemic, former health minister Robin Swann has said. Mr Swann told the UK Covid-19 Inquiry that ...

Data from the Office for National Statistics shows 316,000 new businesses were created in 2023, down from 337,000 the year before.

A detective knew it was “very much a matter for his officers” when he learned that one member of staff was on shift for a series of baby collapses at the Countess of Chester Hospital, an inquiry has ...

North Yorkshire police has issued CCTV images of two men they want to speak to following a shop theft in York. A force spokesman said: "It happened at 4.13pm on Thursday, October 31 in the Co-op shop, ...

The Welsh Government will create a deposit return scheme for Wales, after pulling out of a UK-wide approach which did not include glass bottles, it has announced. England, Wales, Scotland and Northern ...