The West Midlands Police area no longer has the highest rate of knife crime in England and Wales, official figures show. Data ...

After years of low rates, high-yield savings accounts are having a moment as the Bank of England (BoE) kept interest rates at 4.75% in December. While homeowners face high mortgage rates, there is a ...

Nearly half a million shoplifting offences were recorded by police in England and Wales in a year, the highest 12-month total ...

New crime statistics released today have shown the work done to bring knife crime rates down, but also revealed the work ...

Offences rise faster in rural areas as county line gangs exporting drugs from the cities spark turf wars ...

In December 2024 only 55% of patients attending a major A&E in England were seen within four hours—an eon away from the 95% target routinely met in Sir George’s time. A survey last year by the Royal ...

In fact, figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) published this week showed that in ten years’ time, the number of people over state pension age will increase from the 12 million that we ...

Britain is in the midst of a loneliness epidemic. Between 2020 and 2024, the share of our time spent socialising fell by 18 so what can be ...

Over half a million shoplifting offences have been logged over the past 12 months (Pictures: ) Shoplifting in England and ...

For West Mercia there was an overall drop in crimes of 11 per cent - one of the largest falls in the country - with a total of 82,184 offences across the 12 months. Only Merseyside Police recorded a ...

Scottish Labour leaders seem to put a lot of effort into finding something bad to say about our NHS but somehow never seem able to find ...

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has broken its silence over Winter Fuel Payments "returning" for all pensioners. The DWP Winter Fuel Payments should return for all pensioners, according to ...