Creating a new threshold and means test would allow households not on pension credit to apply directly for winter fuel payments. Raising it 20% above the pension credit threshold would cost around ...

The bilateral relationship is at its lowest point since South Africa enforced its apartheid system of racial segregation, which ended in 1994.

Farm and nature leaders made the plea as figures show swathes of the UK have had the most days with no or little rain on ...

Northern Ireland’s legacy body received advice around a potential move to enable victims and perpetrators to meet where there is a desire to, a Westminster committee has heard. Sir Declan Morgan, ...

Terry McSpadden, a then 24-year-old father of two, was last seen after spending the evening in a pub in Wisbech.

Two Irish diplomats were among the delegation that Israeli soldiers fired near in the West Bank, the Irish Government said. Ireland’s Deputy Premier and Foreign Affairs Minister Simon Harris condemned ...

SDLP leader Claire Hanna pressed the UK government to call a public inquiry into the murder of the GAA official.

A community-led recycling initiative in north Essex has been recognised with a national award. Every Can Counts Supporting The Welfare Park Parkeston, based in North East Essex, has been awarded the ...

A DEDHAM woman has shared her experience of being diagnosed with breast cancer ahead of a family fundraising event which she hopes will raise thousands of pounds for charity. Kerry King, 48, was ...

On Wednesday it was announced that following a private family funeral, Sir Tom will make a final journey past his beloved Easter Road stadium in Edinburgh on May 28 so fans and members of the public ...

The company told staff it is launching a consultation which will impact around 5, or roughly 70, of the group’s 1,400-strong workforce.