A mother-of-10 who forced a teenage girl to work as a “house slave” for more than 25 years has been jailed for 13 years. Amanda Wixon, 56, subjected the woman to years of abuse at her squalid home in ...

First Minister John Swinney told MSPs his own son was born on the day of the tragedy – the deadliest mass shooting in UK history.

Willie Mullins has expressed his annoyance at conditions at the Cheltenham Festival after withdrawing star chaser Fact To File from the Ryanair Chase on Thursday. The ground at Prestbury Park was ...

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The UK asylum appeals backlog has almost doubled in a year to hit a new record high, the latest figures show. There were 80,333 cases in the system at the end of December, up from 41,987 at the same ...

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The competition watchdog has put fuel retailers “on notice” that it is stepping up monitoring of petrol and diesel prices in light of the Middle East conflict. The Competition and Markets Authority ...

AN IMAGE has been issued of a man who entered the Londis store in Christchurch and stole £500 after distracting a shop assistant. Dorset Police have released an image of a man they would like to ...

William and Kate visited the Southwark Brewing Company and Fabal Beerhall on London’s Bermondsey Beer Mile on Thursday.

Defence procurement minister Luke Pollard said the UK had made a “long-standing” commitment to protect its resources and allies in the region.

Stamina came to the fore as Home By The Lee made it fifth-time-lucky in the Paddy Power Stayers’ Hurdle at the Cheltenham Festival. In a fascinating contest, J J Slevin aboard the 11-year-old urgently ...

New Green MP Hannah Spencer has said more plumbers and plasterers should stand to become MPs as she spoke in the House of Commons for the first time. Ms Spencer, who was sworn into Parliament 10 days ...