The Justice Secretary hopes the move will also help clear the court backlog of cases waiting to be dealt with.

United Utilities did not report at least 102 million litres of illegal sewage pollution to regulators, a BBC analysis found.

The singer rose to stardom at the age of 16 after joining the boy band on the ITV singing competition in 2010.

The latest estimated gap was wider for men than women and for full-time employees compared with part-time workers.

The excavation at the world-famous site near Inverness, which witnessed the final battle of the Jacobite rising in 1746, is ...

Former One Direction star Liam Payne has died after falling from the third-floor balcony of a hotel in Argentina. Local police said the 31-year-old fell into the courtyard of the Casa Sur Hotel in the ...

Earlier this week, gambling firms saw their shares tumble amid fears the Government is planning to double some taxes on the industry.

A photoshopped image of a Norfolk MP dressed in drag has been used to promote a peaceful protest organised in response to controversial ...

Kemi Badenoch has distanced herself from the comments and does not have the power to decide Tory Party policy.

Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell said after the 2020 election that then-US president Donald Trump was “stupid as well ...

Truong My Lan was also convicted of money laundering and illegal cross-border money transfer charges, according to state-run media.

A village pub is set to reopen this weekend with the new landlady "proud" to have her name above the door to the 18th-century inn.