A woman whose four young boys died in a fire after she left them home alone to go to Sainsbury’s will be sentenced later. Deveca Rose had left her two sets of twins in the locked terraced house when ...

A Syrian footballer who lost his eyesight while fleeing his war-torn home country has graduated from university in the UK. In 2014, Maher Fattouh, then aged 21, was caught in a bomb explosion as he ...

Schools have been closed and people warned not to travel on Friday, as 100mph winds pose a danger to life in parts of the UK. Rail services and flights have been axed, with rare red weather warnings ...

Both Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland are under the top-level red weather warnings for wind from early on Friday.

Consumer confidence has suffered a steep drop amid signs that households see “dark days ahead” for the economy, according to a long-running survey. GfK’s Consumer Confidence Index fell by five points ...

A deal worth around £9 billion has been struck with Rolls-Royce by the Government to help power Britain’s nuclear submarines. The eight-year contract, dubbed Unity, is aimed at safeguarding 4,000 jobs ...

Birmingham boss Chris Davies said he had “mixed emotions” after the League One leaders battled out a 1-1 draw with fellow promotion hopefuls Wrexham at the Racecourse Ground.

Application had been made to use neonicotinoid thiamethoxam to protect sugar beet against damaging virus-carrying aphids.

Ruben Amorim called Manchester United’s last-gasp 2-1 Europa League victory over Rangers one his side “truly needed” amid their domestic struggles.

England international Rashford has not played for his hometown club since December 12 and appears to be out in the cold under Ruben Amorim. He watched United’s injury-time Europa League win over ...

Music venues are closing “under extreme and totally unnecessary financial pressures”, an industry body has warned as it outlined how businesses are being taken over by non-profit organisations to meet ...

Nationwide Building Society said that despite some modest recent improvements in housing affordability, the deposit hurdle remains high.