SIR - I have just watched an item on BBC's Look North which included a brief interview with Cllr Susan Hinchcliffe. She rather dismissed the issue of the 9.9per cent increase in Council Tax: "Well, it ...

Blackburn will be managed by first-team coach David Lowe for Wednesday’s Championship game at West Brom as talks between Rovers boss John Eustace and Derby continue.

The Home Office’s chief civil servant has announced he will leave the job next month. Sir Matthew Rycroft leaves the department as the Labour Government attempts to reset the focus of migration policy ...

John Healey said the focus ‘for now’ should be on ensuring Kyiv is in a strong position going into any potential peace talks.

Donald Trump – with whom Mr Farage claims close links – has signalled that he wants to see a negotiated end to the war in Ukraine.

There is heavy traffic and one lane has been closed on the M62 after an issue has arisen on a the motorway during rush hour.

Ex-England captain Kevin Pietersen picked up the thread, querying why Tom Banton, who flew from the UK to India on Monday as an injury replacement for Jacob Bethell, was “on the golf course” on ...

Former MP Anna Firth criticised a review of how terrorist Ali Harbi Ali was dealt with under a counter-terrorism scheme.

Richard Tice also claimed the party would impose a “windfall tax” on renewable energy, as he set out Reform’s plans to “undo the effects of Net Zero”. Reform would abolish the “appalling family farms ...

Olvier Dines was sacked by West Mercia Police in 2022 and admitted improper use of police powers and privileges.

The England and Wales Cricket Board’s Hundred auction has come to an end, with stakes in all eight teams now sold. The result is a staggering overall valuation, thought to exceed £950million. Of that, ...

Alexander Vinnik was arrested in 2017 in Greece at the request of the US on cryptocurrency fraud charges and was later extradited to the United States where he pleaded guilty last year to conspiracy ...