Some 126 party backbenchers had signed an amendment that would halt the Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill in its tracks.

The US and China have signed an agreement on trade, President Donald Trump said, adding he expects to soon have a deal with India. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick told Bloomberg TV that the deal was ...

Sounding good enough to eat, Deutzia 'Raspberry Sundae' is an attractive flowering shrub with graceful arching stems of blooms, impressing ...

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Nick Carroll, chief executive of Together for Short Lives, said: “As ministers try to shift greater levels of healthcare from hospitals into communities, our amazing children’s hospices are doing more ...

Plans to transform a former pub site into a development of six two-bed dwellings have been submitted to the council.

Some closures from June 27 to 29 on the M25, A12 and Dartford Crossing may affect some Essex drivers this weekend.

Inspector Moloy Campbell said his thoughts were entirely focused on the need to ‘preserve life’ including that of his officers on the ground.

An Essex bar has issued a public apology after an alleged abuse at an inclusive cabaret night. Bar Plus, in Moulsham Street, Chelmsford, responded after an incident on June 20, where a group of three ...

British pop rock band The 1975 will be the first headliners to grace the Glastonbury Festival’s Pyramid Stage this year when they perform ...

In a letter to MPs, Work and Pensions Secretary Liz Kendall said personal independence payments would be protected.

Justin Welby resigned as archbishop of Canterbury last year in the wake of a review of sexual abuse committed by a Christian camp leader.