The SNP has attacked Andy Burnham for excluding the party from talks to reform England’s social care system amid speculation the Prime Minister could introduce new taxes to pay for it. MSP Clare ...

Andy Burnham has said it was a “major dereliction of public duty” that politicians had failed for decades to resolve the crisis in social care. The Prime Minister said the blame lies with “my ...

Crooked funeral director Robert Bush spent more than £42,000 on holidays while he was defrauding scores of customers, a court has heard. Bush, 48, is to be sentenced for 67 offences spanning 12 years ...

A gardening expert has revealed how you can use washing up liquid to revive your dry lawn throughout the summer.

The husband of a woman who was murdered in Renfrewshire had been charged with assaulting her weeks before her death. Stacy Mair, 35, was found dead in a cottage in the village of Houston at about ...

A man has confessed to breaching the Public Order Act after a six-hour stand-off at a massage parlour earlier this year ...

The extreme heat strips moisture from vegetation and drives humidity down, turning grasses, brush and forest litter into ...

Mortgage lending was higher last month despite increases in rates for homeowners, according to Bank of England figures. The central bank said in its regular money and credit report that net borrowing ...

Robert Bush, who has admitted a range of offences, appeared in court on Wednesday for the third day of his sentencing hearing.

Soldiers and emergency workers have been combing through a badly damaged shopping centre and collapsed houses looking for trapped survivors after a powerful earthquake that killed at least 18 people ...

Supporters face paying up to £90 for replica shirts after eight Premier League clubs increased their prices for the coming season.

Tara Simpson-Sullivan hopes she can keep flying the flag for Cumbria on the international stage after making her Commonwealth Games debut.