However, there is one big issue that Andy Burnham must address. Almost 13 million people receive the state pension in the UK. If it does rise by 3.9%, it would take the flat-rate state pension above ...

Wealthy families have been hit with more than £1billion in inheritance tax on gifts made before their deaths after failing to live for seven years, new figures reveal. The huge bill comes as Kemi ...

Death in Paradise icon Shaquille Ali-Yebuah has been rushed to hospital with a collapsed lung in a “fight for survival”. The BBC actor, who has played Officer Sebastien Rose in the crime drama since ...

Preston Crown Court heard he was arrested by detectives from the North West Regional Organised Crime Unit (NWROCU) in October 2024 and suspended from duty. Now - after being convicted three counts of ...

A Brit's naked body has been discovered in Italy as police fear he was killed in a "ritual gone wrong". The 35-year-old man was found dead inside a tent near a remote off-grid community in Sicily on ...

A poacher lining up a shot to take down a rhino in Africa was trampled to death by elephants.

HMRC estimates that 9.5 million people of state pension age will pay income tax in 2026/27, up from 8.3 million in 2024/25. The OBR says 600,000 additional people are being pulled into tax in 2026/27 ...

Meghan Markle has issued an emotional post as she wishes a happy birthday to Prince Harry.

Cleaning experts are encouraging people with dishwashers to stop putting the cleaning tablet in the designated drawer to get a better result from their machine. Millions of people across the UK have ...

Police have arrested a 16-year-old following the rape and murder of a five-year-old girl. The child went missing following Friday prayers at a mosque in the Sanghar district of Pakistan. The five-year ...

A woman was seriously sexually assaulted while walking her dog in a terrifying attack near a playpark in a UK town. Police have launched a manhunt for the attacker after the woman was targeted in ...

The residents of a village near a former military base earmarked to house asylum seekers have left ministers in no doubt about the strength of their fears ...