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Bridget Phillipson has said she is “confident” the Government will “do the right thing” over the two-child benefit cap, in the clearest sign yet that ministers could scrap the policy..

John Swinney has said he will not step down if he wins next year’s Holyrood election but fails to achieve an SNP majority..

A woman has been arrested on suspicion of murder after the deaths of two children in Stafford, Staffordshire Police said..

Hull KR completed an historic treble after battering defending champions Wigan 24-6 in a pulsating Super League Grand Final at Old Trafford..

Actress Diane Keaton, best known for roles in Annie Hall, The Godfather and Something’s Gotta Give, has died at the age of 79, according to US magazine People..

UK travellers visiting countries such as Spain, Portugal and Italy are being urged to prepare for four-hour queues when a new EU border system comes into force on Sunday..

A 17-year-old boy is in a critical condition after he was shot in north London..

Scotland’s largest rape crisis centre has warned services are at risk of closure without “urgent and adequate” additional funding from Government..

A military horse which bolted through central London after being startled by construction work has retired..

The King’s coat of arms will be on the front of all new passports from December, the Home Office has announced..

A man who stabbed a teenage Syrian refugee in the neck after he “innocuously” brushed past his girlfriend on a crowded shopping street has been detained for life with a minimum term of 23 years..

A man who burned a Koran in London has won an appeal against a conviction which campaigners had criticised as an attempt to bring back blasphemy law..

Ricky Hatton’s funeral cortege was led by the famous Reliant van from Only Fools And Horses as thousands of people lined the streets of Manchester to pay their respects to the “Hitman”..

New economic analysis.

Travel scheme for young people in Scotland .

Experts warning .

Former Radio 1 DJ charged with offences between 1983 and 2016.

By further 1% to 5%.

The University of Oxford, University of Cambridge and Imperial College London have grabbed some of the top spots in the Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2026, with Oxford coming first for the 10th year in a row..

Job advisers in GP surgeries and virtual reality interview practice are part of efforts to get 300,000 sick or disabled people into work by 2030 as the Government pledges to give people “a hand up, not a handout”..