Private companies have licences to take trillions of litres of water out of rivers, lakes and aquifers a year, campaigners have warned as pressure on resources grows..

Elderly people are more likely to face long waits in A&E than younger patients, with more than a fifth waiting over 12 hours, according to data..

The Afghan data breach was a “foreseeable” failure in a system that left people who had worked with UK troops in danger for years, a parliamentary inquiry has found..

Limiting sugar before the age of two is linked to a lower risk of dementia later in life, research suggests..

No further action will be taken against Green Party leader Zack Polanski after he shared an image on social media depicting a man wearing a black T-shirt with a picture of a guillotine and the words “We’re only making plans for Nigel”, the Metropolitan Police said..

A seven-year-old boy has died following an incident at a beach which left his teenage cousin and her mother dead, the police have said..

Green Party leader Zack Polanski said he made an “inadvertent mistake” over a social media image but will not apologise to Nigel Farage..