There are more levers which could be used to tackle child poverty than scrapping the two-child benefit cap, the Deputy Prime Minister has said as the Scottish Government seeks to mitigate it.

Everton confirmed that under-18s head coach Leighton Baines and club captain Seamus Coleman would take charge of first-team affairs on an interim basis, starting with Thursday night’s FA Cup tie ...

Full Fact has found a widely-shared estimate that a million children have been victims is not reliable, but the true total remains unclear.

Colin Stonehouse, 36, and David Kirkbride, 28, joined a crowd of protesters who caused damage to a hotel housing asylum seekers in Staffordshire.

Former Top Gear presenter Richard Hammond has revealed his 'marriage is coming to an end' after 28 years with his partner Mindy. The 55-year-old made an emotional statement on X this afternoon, ...

YORK Acorn's Challenge Cup first round tie at GB Police has been postponed - putting the brakes on new head coach Antony Chilton's first match in charge. The sides had been due to meet in the opening ...

Members of the National Education Union will be asked if they would be willing to take industrial action over the Government’s proposed pay offer.

Signs outside Sainsburys on Foss Bank state the store will close its doors at 6pm on Saturday (Image: Newsquest) Company archives say the Sainsbury's building dates from 1984, when there was a ...

Aston Villa boss Unai Emery says winning the FA Cup is one of his side’s targets this season. Villa are seven-times winners of the famous cup competition but have not lifted the trophy since 1957.

Irish leaders have indicated they are content with the handling of recent weather as the end of the cold snap is in sight. Temperatures in parts of Ireland plunged to minus 7.5C in the early hours of ...

A “popular, well-liked” teenager was fatally stabbed near a bus station in a town centre, police have said. Thomas Taylor, 17, was attacked by a group of males at 5.50pm on Wednesday as he walked ...

YORK midwife Olivia Hicklenton has launched a business to support women and make couples ‘feel empowered’ in the delivery room.