Rules on waste water discharge eased due to supply shortages linked to Brexit and pandemic

Waste water plants have been told they may be allowed to discharge effluent that has not been properly treated due to chemical shortages caused by Brexit and the pandemic.

Triple lock on pensions will be temporarily scrapped for 2022/23, government announces

The government is suspending the triple lock on pensions for one year in 2022/23, Therese Coffey has announced.

What are the changes to social care and how much will people have to pay?

Boris Johnson has announced a major shake-up of social care funding in England.

Commuter killed on tracks after falling through gap at Tube station during height of pandemic

A commuter was killed after he fell through a gap between a London Underground train and a station platform, an investigation has found.

Nicole Scherzinger hits back at lawsuit over Pussycat Dolls reunion

Nicole Scherzinger has been hit with a lawsuit which claims she demanded "complete creative control" for the upcoming Pussycat Dolls tour.

‘Abandoned’ by the NHS: Cancer and heart patients describe ‘terrible anxiety’ as treatments disrupted by pandemic

Patients who suffered with breast cancer and heart problems have described feeling "abandoned" and "anxious" after their care was paused or repeatedly cancelled during the pandemic.

First underwater footage of critically endangered Angelshark recorded in Wales

Scientists have recorded footage of a juvenile Angelshark in the UK for the first time, offering hope that the critically endangered species is breeding in Welsh waters.

RAF man cradled Afghan newborn dropped by exhausted mother on evacuation flight from Kabul

An airman has revealed how he cradled a two-week-old Afghan baby on a UK evacuation flight out of Kabul to let the mother rest after she accidentally twice dropped her daughter out of exhaustion.