TV presenter Eamonn Holmes has said he is “determined to have a life” as he deals with constant pain due to ongoing back issues. The former This Morning host turned GB News broadcaster, 65, has long ...

SNP Westminster leader Stephen Flynn has passed party vetting to run for Holyrood next year, the PA news agency understands. Mr Flynn previously announced plans to stand for the Aberdeen South and ...

A teacher who groomed and sexually abused a teenage pupil has been described as a “cold, calculating child predator”. Judith Evans was jailed for two years at Belfast Crown Court on Friday for a ...

The son of an Oxfam volunteer who was struck and killed by a bus on the world’s longest guided busway said it was “such a preventable accident”, a court heard. Three people died in separate incidents ...

World Book Day has been and gone, and spring cleaning is looming, which means there's only one thing for it - I need to find a new home for some of my many books. As my walls groan with the weight of ...

Sir Christopher Chope said arm’s-length bodies (ALBs) had gone “rogue”, including National Highways when it rolled out smart motorways, and the Sentencing Council, whose recent guidance has prompted ...

Former Bank of England governor Mark Carney was sworn in as Canada’s new prime minister on Friday, and will now try to steer his country through a trade war brought by US President Donald Trump, a ...

A proposed new law to reform the House of Lords appointments process would tackle cronyism and “enhance public trust”, Parliament heard. Conservative peer Lord Norton of Louth argued that the ...

Jasmin De Vaux added to last year’s Champion Bumper success when staying on strongly to strike in the Albert Bartlett Novices’ Hurdle at Cheltenham. Paul Townend gave the six-year-old a patient ride ...

A bus driver who hit and killed a Windrush pensioner as she crossed the road has avoided jail. Ozdemir Zia, 77, hit Edna McLean, 83, as he turned his double-decker near Woolwich Arsenal station, south ...

Former footballer Joey Barton has been accused of calling Jeremy Vine a “bike nonce” on social media and comparing female TV personalities to Fred and Rose West, a court heard. Barton, 42, in a dark ...