The Prime Minister said ex-Chancellor Rachel Reeves was 'right to start' reforming council tax after she introduced a surcharge for higher-value homes - dubbed a 'mansion tax'.

He's the man who delivered a King - and, for that matter, a Queen - masterminded the banishment of one particularly problematic relative, while cunningly corralling another.

A judge has criticised police over an eight-year investigation into a callous conman which took so long one victim stopped cooperating and the crook's accomplice died.

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Allan Grimson, 66, invited two Navy seamen back to his flat and murdered them both with a baseball bat on two dates exactly a year apart in the 1990s - December 12 in 1997 and December 12 in 1998.

In a letter to the Prime Minister, the Tory leader has warned against leaving it to 'the next generation to pay' for reforms.

Shpresim Koka, 38, told the court in 2025 that the girl needed 'therapeutic intervention' due to her accidents - which worsened during his time in jail.

In a letter to the Prime Minister, the Tory leader has warned against leaving it to 'the next generation to pay' for reforms.

Forget crowded resorts and busy seafronts: Bamburgh offers something increasingly hard to find: space, quiet and a truly unspoilt coastline.

Michael Scherrer, a content creator from Lake Constance, Switzerland, spent a year building the unique attraction to create a summer getaway just yards from his home.

The 41-year-old Duke did not stay in the palace earlier this month after taking too long to accept an offer of royal accommodation from the King.

The bitter feud between Adam Ramsay-Peaty and his estranged family escalated on Monday after his interviews at the Commonwealth Games sparked renewed anger.

In a letter to the Prime Minister, the Tory leader has warned against leaving it to 'the next generation to pay' for reforms.

A damning analysis by health think-tank The King's Fund found men in the seaside town can expect to live for just 73.7 years on average - almost a decade less than those living in Hart, Hampshire.

Police are investigating payments from Fiona Cottrell - the mother of 'Posh George' Cottrell, who secretly bankrolled his close ally Nigel Farage.

Forget crowded resorts and busy seafronts: Bamburgh offers something increasingly hard to find: space, quiet and a truly unspoilt coastline.

Many people will have wished Andy Burnham well when he became Prime Minister a week ago. It's in all our interests that he doesn't make a complete hash of things.

Emergency services were called to Fistral Beach in Newquay, Cornwall, at 9.45pm yesterday after two people got into difficulty at sea.

Motor neurone disease - known as MND - affects 5,000 adults in the UK at any one time, with about 1,100 diagnosed each year. The numbers seem to be rising steadily - and, crucially, it has no cure.

The 19-year-old triple murderer was accused of 'manipulating the system' after being shipped out of maximum-security HMP Belmarsh this month.

Pensioners, widowers and hard-working homeowners living on Britain's 'most eroded coastline' face being left with nothing as properties are demolished amid council fears they could end up in the sea.

Emergency services rushed to West Wittering Beach in West Sussex at 2.30pm on Sunday following concerns for the safety of two adults in the water.

Adam Ramsay-Peaty paid tribute to his wife Holly for supporting him during a 'whirlwind' 24 hours, after he missed out on 100m breastroke gold at the Commonwealth Games.

The Prime Minister suggested his plans for reform could make payments more 'conditional upon people taking opportunities that are presented in front of them'.

The allure of Trinidad and Tobago was in Elaine McGowan's blood. The landlady of the Castle Hotel in Saltwood, Kent, dreamed of moving to the twin-island Caribbean nation.

Streeting said he would leave the job he has held for just days 'as a matter of principle'.

The late Senator Lindsey Graham once described how he 'almost cried' when the United States first struck Iran at the end of February.

Fujitsu has been given a £61million HMRC contract despite the firm's role in the Post Office scandal.

María Camila Potosí, 21, was eight months pregnant when she disappeared after leaving her home in Cali, Colombia, on July 16 for a routine antenatal check.

Vickrum Digwa, Axel Rudakubana and Valdo Calocane are all referenced in the Policy Exchange's report.

President Donald Trump took to his Truth Social platform Saturday evening to share an AI -generated image of his proposed North America Air Filter Barrier.

CHARLOTTE DALY IN JEDDAH: Joshua, twice dropped by Prenga in the first round before knocking him out in the second, admitted it had been 'tough'.

Computer glitches and staffing issues are suspected of causing long-running problems with the Child Maintenance Service, which has led to thousands of parents being overcharged.

In 2010, Labour MP Andy Slaughter posed with Hamas officials alongside Jeremy Corbyn while on a visit to the West Bank, a move condemned at the time by Labour Friends of Israel (LFI) as 'shocking'.

Keir Starmer's allies are vowing to hold the new Prime Minister's feet to the fire over his stated ambition to unleash the biggest changes in UK politics for 40 years.