Richard Shaw, 45, has been charged with fraud by abuse of position after the ‘comprehensive’ probe into Bolton Council.

Mandatory work breaks were imposed in several regions, mostly on islands and parts of central Greece, where temperatures exceeded 40C.

The department, which employs around 17,000 people, faces real-terms cuts in its budget over the coming years following last month’s ...

There is a “clear association” between where you live and your risk of dying prematurely, with factors such as deprivation and ethnicity accounting for much of the difference across local areas, a new ...

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An exhibition celebrating best-selling espionage author John Le Carre is due to open in Oxford, showcasing the writer’s annotated manuscripts and letters to friends. Le Carre, whose real name was ...

A 15-year-old boy is on trial for the murder of Harvey Willgoose, who was stabbed during a lunch break at All Saints Catholic High School, Sheffield.

The inquiry chairman said those caught up in the scandal will have ‘found the experience to be troubling at best and harrowing at worst’.

The Princess of Wales was charmed with a kiss to the hand by the French President Emmanuel Macron as France’s state visit to the UK got under way. Kate and the Prince of Wales travelled to RAF ...

Archie Norman, who was quizzed by MPs, refused to say whether or not the retailer paid the groups ransom money following the hack.

The public is being asked not to lay floral tributes to mark a year since the Southport knife attack but to donate to charitable causes instead. Alice da Silva Aguiar, nine, Bebe King, six, and Elsie ...

Post Office bosses should have known Horizon was faulty but “maintained the fiction that its data was always accurate” when prosecuting subpostmasters, the first tranche of a public inquiry’s final ...