NHS England has published its latest monthly performance data for hospitals along with this week’s snapshot of winter virus levels and A&E pressures. Here are the key figures from both reports: An ...

The number of hospital beds in England occupied by patients with flu has increased by 70% in a week, NHS England said, as it warned of a “tidal wave of flu hitting hospitals”. A&Es had their busiest ...

Shadow business secretary Andrew Griffith argued that a trade deal with the US would be a ‘game-changer’ for the UK.

Glendian Daci, 26, and Aurel Xhoka, 33, pleaded guilty last month to producing the controlled class B drug in Greenock, Inverclyde.

And 2024 is almost certain to exceed 1.5C above pre-industrial levels for the first time in a ‘sobering milestone in climate history’.

Ukraine’s stretched defences in Donetsk have been creaking since early this year under a fierce Russian drive.

The 10-year-old was beaten to death four years after her taxi driver father was awarded custody, despite accusations of abuse ...

A Hong Kong judge has convicted seven people, including a pro-democracy former politician, of rioting during mob violence at a subway station at the height of the city’s anti-government protests in ...

More than 5,000 children in Northern Ireland are set to spend this Christmas living in temporary accommodation. It has emerged that in November there were 5,378 children in temporary accommodation, ...

A man has been arrested on suspicion of the murder of Irish schoolboy Kyran Durnin. The man is being detained at a Garda station in the east of the country in relation to the disappearance of the Co ...

The Government is ‘absolutely willing’ to take over if local authorities refuse to put plans in place to meet housing targets.

The UK’s first drug consumption room may not now open until early next year after delays. The facility, in the east end of Glasgow, was due to open to drug users in October, allowing them to take ...