Full Fact has found a widely-shared estimate that a million children have been victims is not reliable, but the true total remains unclear.

Colin Stonehouse, 36, and David Kirkbride, 28, joined a crowd of protesters who caused damage to a hotel housing asylum seekers in Staffordshire.

Members of the National Education Union will be asked if they would be willing to take industrial action over the Government’s proposed pay offer.

Aston Villa boss Unai Emery says winning the FA Cup is one of his side’s targets this season. Villa are seven-times winners of the famous cup competition but have not lifted the trophy since 1957.

A “popular, well-liked” teenager was fatally stabbed near a bus station in a town centre, police have said. Thomas Taylor, 17, was attacked by a group of males at 5.50pm on Wednesday as he walked ...

Irish leaders have indicated they are content with the handling of recent weather as the end of the cold snap is in sight. Temperatures in parts of Ireland plunged to minus 7.5C in the early hours of ...

Baroness Harris of Richmond addressed the House of Lords on changes to home-to-school transport in North Yorkshire during a debate on bus services.

Changes to how Darlington residents will dispose of food waste and recycle rubbish have been approved. New weekly food waste and recycling collections will be introduced, as part of a new scheme ...