The decision to reinstate the winter fuel payment should have been made “a long time ago”, Scotland’s Social Justice Secretary has said. Chancellor Rachel Reeves said on Monday that nine million ...

POLICE are searching for a missing woman who has several links to North Somerset. Janice, 84, was last seen yesterday (Sunday, June 8) driving a black Citroen C1 between Clevedon and Portishead. Avon ...

The winter fuel payment controversy has shown just how ‘radioactive’ any attempt at reform has become, one finance expert said.

The King has praised a 101-year-old veteran as “amazing” and told him to keep drinking whisky during a visit to Lancashire. Charles met Richard Brock, who served in the D-Day landings, at a reception ...

A nine-year-old girl and her father have died and an 11-year-old girl is fighting for her life after a house fire. The two died after the blaze broke out in Heckmondwike, West Yorkshire, on Sunday, ...

The SNP came “frustratingly close” to winning the Hamilton by-election, First Minister John Swinney has said. Scottish Labour’s Davy Russell won a surprise victory on Thursday, with the SNP coming ...

The leader of North Somerset Council has said there is a ‘once-in-a-generation opportunity’ to save Birnbeck Pier in Weston-super-Mare.

Some nine million pensioners in England and Wales will receive the winter fuel payment this winter, with only those on over £35,000 missing out.

Three weekly bin collections have launched in North Somerset. The hugely controversial plans mean that black bins for general waste will now only be collected once every three weeks, instead of ...

Marcus Arduini Monzo, 37, is on trial accused of murdering schoolboy Daniel Anjorin and attempting to kill four others during a 20-minute rampage in Hainault, north-east London, on April 30 last year.

Zulkernain Ahmed, 20, and Armaan Ahmed, 26, also face three counts of attempted murder after a ‘hit-and-run’ incident in Sheffield.

Cole Cooper, 19, who was reported missing by his family in Falkirk on May 9 (Family handout/PA Wire). The family of a teenager who went missing more than a month ago have said they are “living a ...