Kent County Council produced a draft budget for 2026-27 on Thursday evening, revealing a 3.99 council tax hike.

“What turned the tide of the protests was former Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi’s calls for Iranians to take to the streets at 8pm on Thursday and Friday,” said Holly Dagres, a senior fellow at the ...

Tesco, Sainsbury’s and Marks & Spencer were among those to deliver good news about their festive grocery sales.

Changes to Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot Grok only serve to make creating deepfakes a “premium service” and are “insulting” to victims of misogyny and sexual violence, Downing ...

Former Strictly Come Dancing star and TV doctor Punam Krishan has said she cried in her car, bed and shower after she was diagnosed with breast cancer.

Oisin O’Reilly, 12, and Wayne O’Reilly, 48, were found dead at separate homes in Clondalkin and Ballyfermot on Thursday ...

The UK’s second largest supermarket chain posted a 5.1 rise in total grocery sales over the six weeks to January 3.

A TikTok creator who caused a crash which killed a grandmother and told a “cock and bull story” to police after her death has been jailed for nine years. Leigh Sutherland, 31, was driving a defective ...

A fresh yellow weather warning has been announced for Oldham over the weekend, which the Met Office says could lead to some disruption ...

Renee Good was shot and killed by an Ice officer while she tried to drive away on a snowy residential street on Wednesday.

Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot Grok has limited its image editing tool to paying users amid growing concerns about deepfakes on the platform.

Many schools will remain closed for a fifth day on Friday as the country remains gripped by ongoing wintry weather. The Met ...