There were 8.3 million people overall on universal credit in October, a rise from 7.2 million at the same point last year.

Catherine Connolly has become the 10th President of Ireland following an inauguration ceremony at Dublin Castle. Taoiseach Micheal Martin and Tanaiste Simon Harris were among those attending the ...

TEN nights of works on East Lothian’s busiest road will see various repairs carried out. Work started on Monday on a 1.7-kilometre stretch of the A1 south of Spott Roundabout and at the Skateraw ...

Dame Jilly Cooper suffered a fatal head injury during a fall at her Gloucestershire home, an inquest has heard. The writer – known for her “bonkbusters” including Riders, Rivals and Polo – was found ...

Less than two thirds of Scots are satisfied with local health services, a poll has shown. The Scottish Household Survey received responses from more than 10,400 people across the country on a number ...

Police want to speak to a couple in connection with a racially aggravated assault at Bond Street Tube station in central London.

Asylum seekers can continue to be housed in the Bell Hotel in Essex after Epping Forest District Council failed to secure a High Court injunction that would block them from living there. The council ...

Outgoing BBC director-general Tim Davie has told staff the corporation has to “stand up for our journalism”, insisting it will control its own narrative which “will not just be given by our enemies”.

Eleanor Thompson, known as Ellie, was pronounced dead after she was found under the vehicle in Burringbar, New South Wales.

THE main road into North Berwick is currently closed partially for the second time this year, amid concerns of disruption.

Poignant services were held across the country on the anniversary of the end of the First World War with a two minutes’ silence observed at 11am.