Nearly 2.1 million pupils in England are now eligible for free school meals, figures show. An additional 75,000 children became eligible for free school meals over a year, according to data published ...

Sir Robert Chote, chairman of the UK Statistics Authority, will look into whether the Prime Minister took the phrase out of context.

Scottish Lib Dem leader Alex Cole-Hamilton says he is confident his party can finish third at the General Election ahead of ...

Boeing’s space capsule has developed more leaks during its first test flight with astronauts as it closed in on the International Space Station. The Starliner capsule already had one small helium leak ...

A police officer has described watching a masked gunman open fire during rioting in Londonderry before he saw Lyra McKee stumble and fall to the ground. The trial of three men accused of murder at ...

US software giant Salesforce has announced plans to open an AI centre in London, as part of a pledge to invest four billion dollars (£3.1bn) in AI in the UK over the next five years. The firm said the ...

Pregnant women are being urged to get the whooping cough vaccine after three more babies died from the disease in England, health officials have said. This means that a total of eight babies have died ...

Voters will go to the polls to elect almost 1,000 local councillors in Ireland, where Sinn Fein will look to make amends on 2019 when its support dropped by half. Party leaders have said it has been a ...

Airport workers are to be balloted for industrial action ahead of the summer holidays after union members rejected a “miserable” pay offer. Unite said around 300 ICTS Central Search members based at ...

A 43-year-old man has been found guilty of headbutting football pundit Roy Keane at a match. Scott Law, 43, went on trial last week after pleading not guilty to a charge of common assault in relation ...

A 43-year-old man has been handed a three-year football banning order after headbutting TV pundit Roy Keane at a match. Scott Law, 43, was found guilty of common assault after he and Mr Keane clashed ...

Spain is to ask a United Nations court for permission to join South Africa’s case accusing Israel of genocide in Gaza, its foreign minister has announced. Spain is the first European country to take ...