A £4.9 million project to future-proof Bridgwater Carnival has begun. Contractors have started on the first phase of a long-term scheme to redevelop the carnival’s main cart-building site off Bristol ...

Ukrainian officials are expected to hand their latest peace proposals to United States negotiators later today, according to President Volodymyr Zelensky. He also said Ukraine would be ready for ...

Two four-storey buildings have collapsed in the Moroccan city of Fez, killing 19 people, authorities said. Morocco’s state news agency reported that the two residential buildings housed eight families ...

Rachel Reeves said she and Sir Keir Starmer had decided “as a team” not to raise income tax as she hit out at “too many leaks” in the run-up to Budget. The Chancellor told MPs the “very close ...

Sir Keir Starmer and David Lammy are leading the UK push for changes to the way the European Convention on Human Rights is interpreted.

Multiple weather warnings remain in place as much of the UK continues to feel the effects of Storm Bram. Three yellow weather warnings for wind are active until Wednesday evening covering the Shetland ...

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Ministers will be keeping a “close eye” on Australia’s social media ban for under-16s, Lisa Nandy said as the Government unveiled its 10-year national youth plan to tackle isolation online. The ...

Guarantees would be needed that the naming of the Army’s top spy in the IRA during the Troubles would not impact on current security operations, the shadow Northern Ireland Secretary has said. However ...

A disability charity has praised autistic artist Nnena Kalu’s “long overdue” and “richly deserved” Turner Prize win. The 59-year-old Scottish artist, who has limited verbal communication, became the ...

Since signing his first professional contract, 19-year-old Kian Roberts, who graduated from the Somerset Academy early in the autumn, has been kept very busy. The young all-rounder, who hails from ...

A new sound therapy could help the millions of people in the UK who suffer from ringing in their ears. Researchers are ...