Purgatory News

Grants worth up to £7,500 for new electric taxis must be extended to avoid drivers holding on to older, more polluting vehicles for longer, a trade leader has warned..

Two disability advocates aiming to set a world record for the fastest climb up Mount Snowdon in a powered wheelchair while raising awareness of the inaccessibility of hiking spots have said they are really excited..

Rail maintenance workers will begin an eight-day strike on Saturday in a dispute over pay..

An invasive alligator snapping turtle has been named Fluffy by a vet after being found near a lake in Cumbria..

The King has spoken publicly for the first time since the announcement of his cancer diagnosis as he thanked people for their many messages of support and good wishes..

Rishi Sunaks proposed Rwanda asylum law is fundamentally incompatible with the UKs human rights obligations and would flout international law, MPs and peers have warned..

Tens of thousands more homes will be built under plans to regenerate inner-city brownfield sites, Michael Gove has said..

Irish star Andrew Scott has suggested that there should be weekly sales of West End theatre tickets as young people struggle to afford £150 tickets..

Fujitsu is set to have received more than £3.4 billion through contracts running with Treasury-linked organisations since 2019 despite its role in the Post Office scandal, MPs have found..

Footballs lawmakers have delayed plans to publish details of sin bin trials at higher levels of football until next month..

The British Medical Association (BMA) has offered to call off a planned strike by junior doctors later this month if NHS bosses give permission for further time for negotiations..

Alkali attack suspect Abdul Ezedi is most likely to have died and his body may never be found, the Metropolitan Police said..

A renowned micro-sculptor has created a miniature golden dragon as a symbol of strength to celebrate the Lunar New Year..

Powers to ban pavement parking should be extended across England to make streets safer, according to a report published by councils..

British indie outfit The Last Dinner Party have claimed their first number one album, with debut offering Prelude To Ecstasy..

Gareth Southgate insists he is keeping an open mind about staying with England beyond Euro 2024 this summer..

The Duke of Sussex has settled the remaining parts of his phone hacking claim against the publisher of the Daily Mirror..

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says he has ordered the military to prepare a plan to evacuate the population of Rafah ahead of an expected Israeli invasion of the southern Gaza town..

More than 22,000 XL bully dogs have been spared after their owners successfully applied for exemptions to them being put down..

Undercover officers hunting child abusers online made more than 1,600 arrests in one year, the National Police Chiefs Council (NPCC) said..