The UK’s first safer drug consumption room has had good uptake and “positive feedback” from users since opening in Glasgow, a minister has said. Scottish Health Secretary Neil Gray said the success of ...

A man has been charged with driving offences relating to an alleged hit-and-run incident which resulted in a girl being airlifted to hospital and the horse she was riding being put down.

France’s new prime minister has announced the renegotiation of a contested plan raising the retirement age from 62 to 64. In his first address to politicians in the National Assembly, Francois Bayrou ...

Dan Jarvis said the problem was ‘extensive’ and thousands could have been paid without the Government knowing.

A Watford chippy has received a 1/5 food hygiene rating, with major improvements necessary at the Tolpits Lane takeaway.

A Watford teen has appeared in court accused of having a sword and Class A drugs with intent to supply. The 17-year-old, who cannot be named for legal reasons, appeared at Hatfield Magistrates' Court ...

Chancellor Rachel Reeves faced MPs after turbulence in the markets sent government borrowing costs up and the value of the pound down.

Rachel Reeves’ handling of the economy was compared to a Shakespearean tragedy, as the Tories questioned her future by claiming: “To go, or not to go, that is now a question.” Shadow chancellor Mel ...

Comedian Tony Slattery has died aged 65 following a heart attack, his partner announced. Slattery appeared on the Channel 4 comedy improvisation show Whose Line Is It Anyway? and comedy shows Just A ...

Head coach Steve Borthwick hailed the Saracens lock as “a world-class player who has the respect of everybody”.

There is nothing to suggest criminality in relation to the disappearance of two sisters who have been missing for a week, police have said. Officers are keeping an open mind about what has happened to ...

Tottenham boss Ange Postecoglou has expressed his disappointment with some of the “pretty vile and detestable” chants he received from a minority of Tamworth supporters during Sunday’s FA Cup tie.