Ofgem found more than 34,000 prepayment meter customers between 2014 and October 2023 did not receive final bills within six weeks.

It comes as education unions have raised concerns about the statutory tests taken by Year 6 pupils in primary schools across England.

The Office for Budget Responsibility said the state finances were facing ‘mounting risks’ in the face of growing debts.

Edinburgh and Birmingham airports have become the latest airports to allow passengers to keep liquids in their bags when going through security.

Tory former Cabinet minister Lord Norman Tebbit has died aged 94, his son said. The Conservative grandee was one of Margaret Thatcher’s closest political allies and played a key role in Tory politics ...

Ireland’s foreign affairs minister said the EU and the US must work “intensively” to get a deal on tariffs in place before the deadline for increased rates, but added he has concerns for the pharma ...

Seraphine struggled amid rising costs and a difficult backdrop for consumer spending, according to administrators.

More than 900 subpostmasters were wrongfully prosecuted between 1999 and 2015, with many wrongly convicted of theft and false accounting.

Heidi Alexander said the Government would publish estimates in March for how long the schemes will take to deliver.

Don't miss tomorrow's Dorset Echo which will have all the pictures from Budmouth Academy's Sixth Form prom in a picture special ...