The former Greater Manchester mayor will be confirmed as Labour leader in a special conference and then enter No 10 on Monday.

Online prediction market Kalshi contacted federal regulators about bets allegedly made about what the president would say in ...

A book hailed as a “wildly original and moving reflection on history” has been named as the winner of the 2026 Waterstones Debut Fiction Prize. May We Feed The King by Rebecca Perry won the annual ...

The outgoing Prime Minister met Volodymyr Zelensky in Kyiv on Thursday, just hours after a series of Russian strikes.

Plans to turn a former bank in the Yorkshire Dales into a bakery and cafe have been approved. The scheme will see the renovation and partial change of use of the former Barclays Bank building in ...

A discarded campfire is believed to be the cause of a wildfire which hit moors near Chop Gate in North Yorkshire.

Incoming prime minister Andy Burnham should back increased drilling for oil and gas “if he has any common sense”, Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch has said. She claimed the former Manchester mayor, ...

The chief executive of Aberdeen City Council will become the principal of Dundee University, it has been announced, as the institution looks to recover from a financial blackhole. Angela Scott will ...

The International Monetary Fund published a new report on the UK as Mr Burnham prepares to take the reins as the country’s ...

The UK’s support for Ukraine “will not waver” and the prime ministerial transition will not “change that dynamic”, Sir Keir Starmer has said on his final visit to Kyiv while in office. The outgoing ...

The London Mayor will take his seat on the red benches along with former cabinet secretary Sir Chris Wormald and Sir Brian Leveson, a retired judge.

The strong grip of the long, hot summer is set to last for at least seven to 10 more days, forecasters have said. UK temperatures have topped 30C during the past 11 days and 2026 has become the first ...