The announcement comes after lead campaigner Sir Alan Bates said redress schemes had ‘turned into quasi-kangaroo courts’.

Matalan has unveiled plans to open new stores and refurbish shops across the UK as part of a £25 million investment into the fashion and homeware chain. The value retailer said physical shops remained ...

Green energy industrialist Dale Vince’s High Court claim against the publisher of the Daily Mail has been thrown out by a judge. Mr Vince brought legal action against Associated Newspapers Limited ...

Chelsea have signed 19-year-old defender Mamadou Sarr from Strasbourg on an eight-year deal. The France Under-19 international played 27 times in Ligue 1 last season, his first full campaign in the ...

Union membership in councils run by Reform has increased since the party took control of local authorities after the May elections, new figures reveal. The GMB said workers were “flocking” to join ...

Around 1,000 doctors have written to MPs urging them to vote against the assisted dying Bill describing it as “simply not safe”. The Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill will return to the House ...

ESSEX-BORN chef Jamie Oliver is call for greater support in schools for people with neurodivergence as he opens up about his dyslexia.

Summer has officially arrived, bringing with it golden evenings, garden gatherings, and the irresistible urge to refresh and rejuvenate our ...

Uriah Rennie, the first black Premier League referee, has died at the age of 65. The Jamaica-born official grew up in Sheffield and oversaw more than 300 matches starting with his breakthrough ...

Russia launched 479 drones at Ukraine in the war’s biggest overnight drone bombardment, the Ukrainian air force said on Monday. Apart from drones, 20 missiles of various types were fired at different ...

Uriah Rennie, the Premier League’s first black referee, has been described as a “special person who put everybody before himself” following his death at the age of 65.

Detectives have launched a murder inquiry after a 14-year-old boy was stabbed to death in a “horrific incident” in north Manchester. The teenager ran to a house nearby in New Moston after being ...