The Prime Minister said this week that he wanted to look at widening eligibility for the payments worth up to £300.

A woman has appeared in court to deny murdering a “well-loved” father-of-six on Christmas Day. Kirsty Carless, 33, appeared at Stafford Crown Court via video link from HMP Foston Hall in Derbyshire on ...

The ambulance was locked at the time while the paramedics were inside a patient’s home in Harrow, north-west London.

Flaviu Naghi, 34, pleaded not guilty to two charges relating to the death of six-month-old Sophia Kelemen in Tenby in January.

The German economy grew by 0.4% in the first quarter thanks to stronger-than-expected exports and manufacturing, official data showed. That was double the growth initially estimated for Europe’s ...

In a treaty to “complete the process of decolonisation of Mauritius”, the Government has agreed to pay at least £120 million-a-year for 99 years for control of the vital Diego Garcia base, plus hand ...

US packaging maker International Paper has announced plans to close five sites in the UK, putting about 300 jobs at risk, following its acquisition of DS Smith. The company said it needs to become ...

The weapon was not fired and no-one was injured in the incident at the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital in Glasgow early on Friday.

The Telegraph is to be bought by a consortium led by US investment firm RedBird Capital for around £500 million. It is the latest turn in a tumultuous two-year takeover process for the 170-year-old ...

Thousands of chicks found abandoned inside a US postal service truck for three days have gone to new homes, according to the Delaware shelter that had cared for them.

Extreme weather is the way in which most people experience climate change and it hits the most vulnerable hardest, Friederike Otto said.

Muppets creator Jim Henson graduated from Maryland in 1960. A home economics major, he fashioned the original frog puppet from one of his mother’s coats and a Ping-Pong ball cut in half, according to ...