Badenoch says leading Tory party 'the most enormous honour'Kemi Badenoch has promised to win back voters who have deserted the Conservatives after securing an historic victory in the party's ...

Home sales will "jump" at the beginning of next year as people try to buy before the rise in stamp duty, one of the UK's biggest lenders has predicted.From ...

Getty ImagesCyclone Sidr wrecked homes and killed more than 6,000 people when it hit Bangladesh in 2007Human-caused climate change made the ten deadliest extreme weather events of the last ...

Getty ImagesThe proposals could have seen schools close early on a FridayA Scottish council looks set to drop plans to switch to a four-and-a-half day school week following consultation.The ...

AFPLocal residents rescue a woman from rising flood waters in the Romanian village of Slobozia ConachiCentral Europe's devastating floods were made much worse by climate change and offer a ...

The UK "can't change our history", Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has told the BBC when asked about paying reparations to countries impacted by the transatlantic slave trade.His comments ...

BBCWe are now in the era of weight-loss drugs.Decisions on how these drugs will be used look likely to shape our future health and even what our society might ...

Getty ImagesThe Treasury has given its clearest indication yet it will change its self-imposed debt rule in order to borrow billions to fund new infrastructure projects.Independent checks on spending ...

'Time is right’ for assisted dying debate, MP Kim Leadbeater saysProposals to give terminally-ill people in England and Wales the right to choose to end their life are to ...

Getty ImagesOn Monday the last blast furnace was shut down in Port TalbotEleven years ago a senior Tata manager claimed investment in Port Talbot would secure steelmaking for the ...

The Conservative Party must change quickly or "die", the party's leader in the Senedd has said.Andrew RT Davies added that colleagues should apologise for not keeping immigration promises.Mr Davies ...

Alyona Synenko/ICRCFor thousands of years, Somalis have made a living herding camelsSomalia may be one of the poorest countries in the world and beset by violence, but it is ...