If you can work, you should,’ social security minister Sir Stephen Timms told MPs before they voted on the welfare reforms.

Some victims were sent to prison or financially ruined, others were shunned by their communities, and some took their own lives.

Lord Harrington, now a non-affiliated peer, apologised for miscalculating the period he had to give notice for jobs he took up after leaving office.

Plumber Sean O’Meara, 36, was wearing a gas-mask and body armour when he was shot and seriously injured by a police officer on Monday night ...

The robot operated with the expertise of a skilled human surgeon, according to Johns Hopkins University researchers in the US.

Contractors are “on standby” to remove a loyalist bonfire in south Belfast which has sparked concern, a Sinn Fein MLA has said. Legal action is also understood to be planned against the towering pyre ...

Bury and Rochdale are in line to reap the rewards of the huge multi-million pound Simister Island project. On Tuesday, July 8, the government officially signed off on agreeing funding for the major ...

A police officer has denied he “lost control” in the aftermath of being allegedly assaulted by two brothers at Manchester Airport.

A five-year-old boy who died after an allergic reaction at school was accidentally exposed to cow’s milk protein – probably from his own bottle, an inquest jury has concluded.

Resident doctors will go on strike for five consecutive days later this month in their dispute with the Government over pay, the British Medical Association (BMA) has said. Announcing strike dates ...

A sawn-off shotgun has been recovered from a woodland area of Oldham following a weapons sweep. On Wednesday (July 9) morning, officers from Operation Vulcan conducted a sweep located on Oldham Edge, ...

Conor McAleny is hoping to secure a second spell with Oldham Athletic. The forward has returned to his old club on trial following the end of his contract with Salford City.