Kemi Badenoch has insisted that the Conservatives are still the main opposition to Labour despite her party slumping to fourth in a Holyrood by-election this week..

A huge demonstration will be held on Saturday to send a message to the Government over spending cuts and welfare reform..

Badenoch increasingly supportive of leaving ECHR, as she launches exit probe.

Hundreds of thousands fewer patients will face long AandE waits, the Government has pledged, as it also set out plans to try and end corridor care..

The SNP were second with Reform UK in third.

Six water companies banned from paying bonuses to senior bosses.

Bin workers in Birmingham vote to continue strikes over pay and jobs.

The chairman of Reform UK has quit, saying working to get the party elected was no longer a good use of my time..

Two teenagers have been sentenced for killing an 80-year-old dog walker who was racially abused, punched, kicked, and slapped in the face with a shoe while on his knees in a brutal park attack..

A brother and sister who were reunited with their primary school photo after it ended up in a charity shop more than 300 miles away said their story shows the power of social media..

Ministers are being urged to fulfil their ethical and moral obligation to provide pensions for police dogs when the animals retire..

The winner of an annual cheese rolling race in Gloucestershire has donated her prize to a food charity in London..

Rangers have confirmed the appointment of Russell Martin as the clubs new head coach..

The number of people with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) probably isnt increasing that much, researchers have suggested, despite a marked uptick in people seeking assessment for the condition..

An Edinburgh arthouse cinema is set to reopen its doors later this month after a three-year campaign involving A-list stars saw it pulled back fae the brink of closure..

Britain must address soaring energy tariffs as firms struggle under the weight of crippling power bills on top of tax and wage hikes costing them an extra £24 billion a year, the boss of the CBI is set to warn..

Voting opens at 7am.

Staines-upon-Thames Day Sunday 29th June

A man allegedly murdered a 14-year-old boy with a Samurai sword in a brutal string of attacks that were indiscriminate, a court has heard..

Singer Beyonce is to bring her Cowboy Carter Tour to London for six performances at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium..

WH Smith has said it remains track to complete the sale of its UK high street chain to Hobbycraft owner Modella Capital at the end of the month..

In Scotlands latest by-election, its SNP vs Labour vs Reform UK.

Rachel Reeves acknowledged she had been forced to reject calls for funding for good projects as she refused to loosen the rules governing her stewardship of the public finances..

More pensioners will receive the winter fuel allowance this winter but payments will not be universal, the Government has said..

Searches for Madeleine McCann are to resume in Portugal, near where the little girl was last seen in 2007..

Rachel Reeves is set to tear up Treasury rules as she announces billions of pounds of investment in public transport in the North and Midlands..

Top universities have pledged more support for care leavers including contextual admissions and bursaries to get more disadvantaged young people into higher education..

Scotland has the best access to culture of any part of the UK, according to a survey, but statistics indicate a class divide still exists..

A man has been arrested on suspicion of breaking into the grounds of Windsor Castle..

Prison officers will be told to wear body armour in high-security prisons, the Government has announced, days after a staff member was seriously injured in a stabbing..

Search teams have been seen draining a well and clearing areas of dense vegetation near abandoned buildings as the latest search for Madeleine McCann continues in Portugal..

Former glamour model Jodie Marsh can keep lemurs at her Essex animal sanctuary, a judge has ruled..

The water sector is beset with deep-rooted, systemic failures, and needs fundamental reform of laws, regulation and infrastructure, a review has warned..

Thames Water said US private equity giant KKR has pulled out of plans to invest in the utility and it is now progressing talks with senior creditors for an alternative to stabilise its finances..

Ministers are being pressured to take urgent action over illegal so-called ghost number plates..

Trade Secretary Jonathan Reynolds is set to meet US officials on Tuesday as the UK aims to set a timeline for its exemption from President Donald Trumps tariffs..