A yellow heat health alert has been extended to all regions in England, with temperatures set to reach 31C on Thursday and expected to climb as the third heatwave of the summer hits the UK.

Campaigners have made renewed calls to scrap the two-child benefit limit after the latest figures showed the number of children in affected households is approaching 1.7 million across Great Britain.

Disruption to Glasgow’s subways during the city’s biggest music festival has been avoided after unions struck a deal with the operator. About 100 staff working for Strathclyde Partnership for ...

Liam Og O hAnnaidh, who performs under the stage name Mo Chara, will appear at Westminster Magistrates’ Court next month ...

Glastonbury revellers clocked up a combined three billion steps at the festival, according to the event’s official app. The step count meant the average festival-goer clocked up 114,000 steps as they ...

The UK’s top stock index jumped by as much as 100 points, or 1.1, to a new intraday record of 8,967.21 points.