Young people will lose their benefits if they refuse to take up work and training opportunities, a Cabinet minister has said ahead of announcing measures to cut the welfare bill.

Downing Street has indicated the Israeli prime minister faces detention if he enters Britain after an international arrest warrant was issued ...

The Work and Pensions Secretary said she would not criticise the health and justice secretaries for their interventions on the issue.

The All Party Group on Reducing Harm Relating to Gambling said legislation is behind that in the rest of the UK and Ireland.

More than 100 flood warnings and alerts have been issued across the country, with homes flooded and landslides reported.

LEWIS Rollo has described it as “a dream” come true after securing his place on the grid for the full British Superbike class next season.

Work and Pensions Secretary Liz Kendall has said Nato countries are involved in a “hidden cyber war” with Russia. Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster Pat McFadden will warn in a major speech next ...

YOUNGSTERS could be learning outdoors at Knox Academy before the end of the school year. Plans to create a ‘learning garden’ have been given the thumbs up by members of the school’s quadrant committee ...

To walk away would have been unforgivable and shameful given the scale of the crisis we all face,’ Eamon Ryan said.

Fallen trees caused travel disruption on Sunday morning. A tree blocking the railway between Reading and Basingstoke caused delays and cancellations to trains between the two stations, and in Surrey ...

The worst of the storm has passed but there is still a risk of fallen trees and travel disruption in some counties.

Craig Hoy, South Scotland MSP, met with Post Office representative Mark Gibson and highlighted his opposition to the idea. He said: “Haddington Post Office is well used by local residents and by rural ...