A council could be moving a step closer to reaching a deal on devolution by joining with its neighbouring authority. West Northamptonshire Council is holding an extraordinary meeting on Friday to ...

Jeane Freeman, who has died aged 72 four weeks after being diagnosed with terminal cancer, was a Labour-turned-SNP feminist who became a protégée of Nicola Sturgeon and was Scotland’s Cabinet ...

In the latest instalment of Insider's Q&A series on the Northern Powerhouse, Neil Kendall, CEO, Mid Yorkshire Chamber of ...

The Crime and Policing Bill would also criminalise climbing war memorials and help police track stolen phones.

Middlesbrough and Hartlepool development corporations were established in early 2023 - their potential abolition goes against the trend of a growing number of these regeneration bodies ...

To win a Best Picture Oscar, a film has to have something about it. Only 94 films in history have been given this award. They’re not voted on by the eccentric members of the Hollywood Foreign Press ...

The chief minister began with calling out the Centre for its stepchild-like treatment by quoting Bhishma’s philosophy, “The ...

Devolution is giving Leeds, Bradford and the surrounding local authorities the opportunity to fulfil their potential. Joey ...

Twenty years ago, NI officials tried to put restrictions on one-off rural house-building, and faced blowback from all sides ...

E-bike wars in London as Lime faces being forced out of Richmond after being outbid by Forest - Lime warns of ‘unintended consequences’ if its popular hire bikes cannot be used across south-west Londo ...

The recent gathering of hundreds of Buddhist monks in Colombo demanding a greater role for the clergy in State affairs has highlighted the urgent need to separate religion from the machinery of ...

In Tiruchirappalli, PM Narendra Modi slammed the ruling DMK for dynastic politics, corruption, and poor law and order. He stated people want change and highlighted the NDA's development plans, ...