Hit squads are to be sent into 200 failing schools following warnings that 300,000 children are receiving a poor education. Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson announced the £20million scheme...

Jonnies, rubbers, protection, sheath - whatever you call them, condoms are a simple and easy way to avoid unwanted pregnancies and sexually transmitted diseases. And by far the biggest name in town...

A dog trainer has revealed what they believe is the "friendliest dog on the planet". Dogs come in all shapes and sizes, with different temperaments, preferences and ideal home set-ups.While some...

Like many young individuals in Greater Manchester, Georgia Sweeney found her initial venture into the professional world challenging. At the tender age of 17, she embarked on an apprenticeship at an...

On January 30, 1933, Adolf Hitler was appointed German chancellor by President Paul von Hindenburg. Hitler became head of a “National Coalition government” containing only two other Nazis,...

Government spokesman Antoni Costa conceded today that the Balearic Islands, which include Mallorca, Ibiza and Menorca, have "reached their limit" and firm action will be taken."Is there saturation in...

In the rapidly shifting global political landscape, one enduring certainty is ever clearer: national economic security means putting Britain first.To do so, in demoting the dogma of feckless free...

Grande dame hangs up her ballet shoes aged 895 hours agoAngie BrownBBC Scotland, Edinburgh and East reporterSheena Gough is 89 years old but she can easily lift her leg on to a ballet barre to...

A hotel firm has raked in £700 million of taxpayer money a year by housing asylum seekers. Stay Belvedere Hotels Ltd houses 38,000 people across 210 sites, at a cost of £5.5 million a day.Some of...

You see it before you even park the car. The boarded-up butcher, the old building society now a vape shop, the pub with the broken window boarded up and the same three regulars who’ve kept it alive...