Customs officials have released photos from a seizure of roughly 1,500 young tarantulas found inside plastic containers that had been hidden in chocolate spongecake boxes shipped to an airport in ...

Katie Wallis, the MP for Bridgend in South Wales from 2019 to 2024, became the first openly transgender MP in the House of Commons in 2022.

The current level of taxpayer funding for the Government-owned postal service was unsustainable, the Department for Business and Trade said.

Four people died in the plane crash at London Southend Airport on Sunday, the PA news agency understands. The crash, which happened shortly before 4pm, involved “one 12-metre plane”, Essex Police said ...

Chancellor Rachel Reeves said the manifesto commitment not to increase income tax, national insurance and VAT still stood.

The Interior Ministry has said more than 30 people died and nearly 100 others have been injured in that fighting.

A BBC Gaza documentary breached an editorial guideline on accuracy, a report said. The programme, Gaza: How To Survive A Warzone, was removed from BBC iPlayer in February after it emerged that the ...

A suspended Tory MP accused of sexually assaulting two women at London’s Groucho club will face trial next year. Patrick Spencer, MP for Central Suffolk and North Ipswich, allegedly cupped the breasts ...

Thames Water has asked customers not to use hosepipes, including for cleaning cars, watering plants, filling pools or cleaning windows.

Experts are using scaffolding in the South Transept to access the Rose Window and revisit the restoration that was carried out after the fire.

A SWARM of ladybirds was spotted on Weston seafront on Sunday (July 13). The insects were said to have “engulfed” cars and pedestrians on the seafront. The area was said to be “noticeably quiet”, and ...

A report into Gregg Wallace’s alleged inappropriate behaviour has been published. The TV host was sacked as a MasterChef presenter last week. The inquiry was carried out by law firm Lewis Silkin for ...