In his second cabinet in just over a month, Mr Ishiba reappointed most of its previous members, including foreign minister ...

Pensioners face having to fill in a 243-question application to claim pension credit, which will unlock winter fuel payments of up to £300.

Home workers save an average of 56 minutes a day from not commuting, according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS). This frees time for them to get 24 more minutes of “sleep and rest” and 15 ...

First Direct 1st Account offers a £175 to switchers, plus access to a 7% regular saver, fee-free overseas spending and a £250 0% overdraft. Change over an account from a different bank including two ...

One of the men charged with felling the famous Sycamore Gap tree and causing more than £620,000 of damage was too ill to appear before a judge.

Tam Shepherds Trick Shop is to become an online business only because of the redevelopment of the premises it is in.

Toxic smog has shrouded Pakistan’s cultural capital of Lahore and 17 other districts in Punjab since last month. Health officials say more than 40,000 people have been treated for respiratory ailments ...

Experts say they now know even less about a typical day on Uranus, and need a second spacecraft to visit the planet in order to find out more.

Premier League referee David Coote has been suspended after a video appeared to show him making derogatory comments about Jurgen Klopp and Liverpool FC. In the footage, the 42-year-old allegedly uses ...

Disgraced breast surgeon Ian Paterson was regarded as a “divisive character” at his NHS Trust who “was ploughing his own furrow” before being investigated, a coroner examining more than 60 patient ...

Asthma is linked to memory issues in children – and the condition appearing early may make memory difficulties worse, new research suggests. The study found that children with asthma performed worse ...

Luke Louden has always loved the sea, so when he upped sticks and moved 400 miles from his English hometown to the south west of Scotland it was ...