The Chancellor’s Social Democrats defeated the far-right AfD in a closely-watched election in the state of Brandenburg.

Funding for the Causeway Coast and Glens and Mid Southwest Growth Deals have been paused pending the spending review.

Mr Miliband said Labour intends to go ‘further and faster’ than its manifesto pledge by raising standards in the social housing sector.

A coroner has ruled out the involvement of a pleasure cruiser as “causative or contributory” to the deaths of two young people who drowned off Bournemouth beach.

Electric buses will begin operating on five routes across Somerset from the spring as work begins on upgrading Taunton’s bus depot.

The Chancellor has committed £7 million for the initial phase of the plan to introduce free breakfast clubs for England’s primary schools.

The Israeli military says it is widening an aerial offensive against what it says are Hezbollah weapons sites in southern and eastern Lebanon. The military said on Monday that it is expanding its air ...

A Soyuz capsule carrying two Russians and one American from the International Space Station (ISS) has landed in Kazakhstan – ending a record-breaking stay for the Russian pair. The capsule landed on ...

Rachel Reeves has said Labour is “not a party of protest” as her keynote conference speech was disrupted by hecklers. In her first conference speech as Chancellor, Ms Reeves received applause and a ...

A volunteer police officer denied sharing crime scene pictures and taking photographs of body-worn camera footage showing a corpse. William Heggs, 23, is accused of accessing footage of William Harty, ...

Heavy rainfall has seen parts of Northamptonshire, Bedfordshire and London submerged causing widespread travel disruption and damage to properties.

Nurses have rejected the Government’s pay award of a 5.5% rise, it has been announced. Members of the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) in England rejected the deal by two-thirds in a record high turnout ...