Purgatory News

Max Verstappen claimed a superb victory at the Dutch Grand Prix to knock Lewis Hamilton off the top of the championship standings..

Boris Johnson’s plans to increase National Insurance to pay for social care are “wrong” and will provoke a “very significant backlash”, former chancellor Lord Hammond has warned..

The Queen has sent her congratulations to Paralympic competitors from Great Britain and Northern Ireland..

Police say “nothing of obvious significance” was found following a major search of a lake as part of the investigation into the disappearance of university chef Claudia Lawrence..

Girls Aloud’s Sarah Harding: From talent show contestant to pop royalty..

Parts of the UK could see an official heatwave in the coming days, with temperatures hitting almost 30C (86F), forecasters have said..

Experts are vowing to take further action over the way Geronimo the alpaca was dragged from his pen and bundled into the back of a horse box to be driven away and killed by Government vets..

Bronze for Great Britain in basketball and badminton brought down the curtain on a medal-laden campaign at the Tokyo Paralympics..

Almost 50 chain stores per day closed down on British high streets, retail parks and shopping centres in the first half of the year, according to research..

Boris Johnson is under growing pressure from within his own party not to impose a manifesto-breaking national insurance hike to pay for social care..

A former aide to the Prince of Wales has stepped down temporarily from his role as a charity boss while an investigation into allegations about his conduct takes place..

Two divers are presumed to have died after they failed to return to the surface while exploring a wreck off the Cornwall coast..

Highly-anticipated film Spencer has split the critics with some giving it rave reviews and others criticising its writing as “heavy-handed”..

Wales captain Gareth Bale says he would support his players walking off the pitch in the face of racial abuse and called for repeat offenders to be kicked out of international football..

Ofgem has proposed that large electric car charging sites should not have to pay a connection fee as it tries to encourage a switch to electric driving..

The delay to flu vaccine deliveries is “of concern” to GPs amid fears over high influenza levels, an expert has said..

Kimi Raikkonen has been ruled out of Sunday’s Dutch Grand Prix after testing positive for Covid-19..

Jeremy Kyle has said he felt “hunted” and “scapegoated” after the cancellation of his TV show following the death of a guest..

A tearful Naomi Osaka plans to take another break from tennis after her shock US Open exit..

Labour is urging the Government to appoint a minister with responsibility for tackling the shortage of workers and supplies of goods in a bid to tackle the current “chaos and disruption” hitting firms..