The Government is to scrap a series of T-levels as part of a review of the technical post-16 qualifications, but said it is still committed to the further education courses. Education minister Janet ...

The Queen walked around the table at Clarence House serving the children their food and even poured the gravy.

A self-identified Nazi carried out a “disgraceful attack on decent hard-working people” at a law firm, a court has heard. Cavan Medlock, 32, was given an indefinite hospital order at Kingston Crown ...

Charlotte Proudman said she will be celebrating with champagne and her first worry-free Christmas in two years.

PLANS to modernise a row of shopfronts in Ayr town centre have been given the green light. Creative Designs had applied to South Ayrshire Council to carry out a series of works at 41-61 Beresford ...

A BID has been lodged to create an extension at an Ayr car dealership. Park's Motor Group has applied to South Ayrshire Council for permission to expand its Ford Transit Centre on Heathfield Road.

Shadow housing secretary Kevin Hollinrake claimed the “majority” of homes built to reach the Government’s 1.5 million target will go ...

Pope Francis has called on wealthy countries and institutions to substantially reduce, if not outright cancel, debt as a matter of justice on the occasion of the Vatican’s 2025 Jubilee Year. In a ...

The voluntary job losses are intended to create a ‘clearer structure’ for the Cabinet Office, which sits at the heart of government.

Migrants have braved the winter weather to cross the Channel to the UK for the first time in eight days. Groups of people wearing life jackets were pictured being brought ashore from a Border Force ...

The number of hospital beds in England occupied by patients with flu has increased by 70% in a week, NHS England said, as it warned of a “tidal wave of flu hitting hospitals”. Health leaders said ...

The 10-year-old was beaten to death four years after her taxi driver father was awarded custody, despite accusations of abuse against him.