Half of parents do not read to their pre-school children every day, a survey has suggested. Fewer parents are engaging in daily activities which are known to support early language development in ...

Action for Children said its research showed the ‘enormous effort’ required by employers, the NHS and Government to help people back to work.

Charities have called for LGBT veterans who suffered historical mistreatment in the armed forces to receive adequate compensation, in an open letter to the Prime Minister. This comes after veterans ...

Conservative leadership candidate Kemi Badenoch has described her husband as “frustrated” with how she is being portrayed after a Conservative colleague described her as “preoccupied” with her ...

A US attorney said Mike Jeffries, chief executive from 1992 to 2014, used his ‘power, his wealth and his influence, to traffic men’.

Sir Keir Starmer met with Mr Trump, the Republican presidential nominee, during a trip to New York last month.

The treatment – one of two new drugs to target a cause of the disease – has been considered by the medicines regulator and the NHS spending watchdog. A decision is expected imminently. Donanemab, ...

Officers and the ambulance service attended and 16-year-old Deonte Mowatt-Slater was found with a serious injury, the Metropolitan Police said. Medics fought to save Deonte but, despite their efforts, ...

A book about preserving languages which are going extinct has won the British Academy Book Prize for Global Cultural Understanding 2024.

A “significant concern” was raised around missing eight-year-old Kyran Durnin in August, Ireland’s Child and Family Agency has said. The former family home of the child in Dundalk, Co Louth was ...

Helen Maguire urged Defence Secretary John Healey to quickly repurpose frozen assets to bolster Ukraine’s war chest.

Former president Barack Obama and vice presidential nominee Tim Walz are hosting rallies while the Republicans held events to encourage voting.