Prison officers are asking for electric stun guns to be allowed in the UK's most dangerous prisons after an attack injured four officers in April.

The demand has been made ahead of a meeting between the Prison Officers’ Association and Justice Secretary Shabana Mahmood.

The bank holiday weekend will end with cloud and rain for much of the UK, the Met Office has forecast. The weather service said that Monday would be “rather cloudy with rain continuing eastwards, ...

Scottish Water staff will stage a two-day strike from midnight amid a continued dispute over pay. Workers will walk out on Tuesday and Wednesday following a one-day strike last month. Unison, which ...

At least 49,000 A&E visits last year saw patients wait 24 hours or more for a hospital bed – with people aged 65 or over accounting for almost 70% of cases, the Liberal Democrats have said.

Gatwick, which is the UK’s second busiest airport, was badly affected by ATC staff shortages across continental Europe in 2024, and suffered the same problem in its own control tower. Flights from ...

Around 9,000 DeLorean DMC-12s rolled off the DeLorean Motor Company assembly line in Dunmurry, Northern Ireland, in 1981.

68-year-old actor Timothy Spall thought he “might not make it” after being diagnosed with leukaemia. The acclaimed star, who is known for playing Peter Pettigrew in the Harry Potter film series and ...

An Israeli investigation into the killings of 15 Palestinian medics last month in Gaza by Israeli forces said on Sunday it has found “professional failures” and a deputy commander will be fired.

A fire that engulfed two flats at a building in east London was tackled by 100 firefighters. London Fire Brigade (LFB) said 15 fire engines dealt with the blaze on Leman Street in Aldgate on Sunday ...