63 m. ago Major motorway closed after 'serious collision' sees HGV cross into opposite carriageway

Emergency services are still on the scene, with West Mercia Police in attendance alongside National Highways Traffic Officers, who are assisting with the complex traffic management required

Transport

31 h. ago Offering work experience ‘too time consuming’, some businesses claim

Businesses polled by The Careers & Enterprise Company said making it easier to work with schools would make them more likely to offer work experience.

Economics

52 h. ago Key economic data and trends that will shape Rachel Reeves’ Budget

Government borrowing for the current financial year is the highest on record outside the Covid-19 pandemic.

Economics

53 h. ago Anger after ICE agents seize high school intern, 16, at Rhode Island court in mistaken identity error

An ICE agent was seen in the courthouse photographing the teen before the incident

Events

59 h. ago Amazing pictures as woman 3 times over limit crashes Range Rover into bushes

A drunk driver will be off the road for 30 months after taking her Range Roader spectacularly off the road into bushes while three times over the alcohol limit, she was also hit with a strict curfew

Events

63 h. ago Drunk driver crashes Range Rover into bushes after careering off road

Andrea Williams, 53, was more than three times the legal limit after the crash on September 9 this year.

Transport

3 d. ago British mother, 65, furious after her Italian boyfriend, 45, is 'treated like a terrorist' and left stranded in Calais after being turned away at the border

Italian national Domenico Celentano, 45, was taken aside by stern officials in Calais who fingerprinted him and took his mugshot as if he was a common criminal.

Events

3 d. ago Sri Lankan man wanted over rape of young girl in France is arrested in Liverpool city centre

Sujanth Ketheeswararasa, 30, was detained by officers from the National Crime Agency's National Extradition Unit on Wednesday.

Events

4 d. ago Ukraine war briefing: defeating Russia an ‘illusion’, says Putin, as he welcomes Trump deal

Russia’s president says US-led plan ‘could form the basis of a final peace settlement’, bolstering concerns in Europe about one-sided nature of US-brokered deal. What we know on day 1,368See all our Russia-Ukraine war coverageVladimir Putin says Ukraine is being unrealistic if it does not accept the US plan to end the war, declaring: “Ukraine is against it. Apparently, Ukraine and its European allies are still under illusions and dream of inflicting a strategic defeat on Russia on the battlefield”. The positive response from the Russian president adds weight to the views of European and Ukrainian officials that the deal amounts to a “capitulation”. Addressing Russia’s national security council, Putin called the 28-point plan “a new version” and “a modernised plan” of what was discussed with the US ahead of his Alaska summit with Donald Trump in August, and said Moscow has received it. Putin said the plan “could form the basis of a final peace settlement”.Volodymyr Zelenskyy has reac...

Politics

4 d. ago UN human rights rapporteur calls on United States to lift sanctions on Cuba

A United Nations human rights official is urging the United States to lift its sanctions on Cuba, saying they are impacting the island’s entire population, hitting sectors including health care, nutrition and education

Politics

4 d. ago UK private sector growth slows due to business caution ahead of Budget

The S&P Global flash UK composite purchasing managers’ index (PMI) reported a reading of 50.5 in November, slipping from 52.2.

Economics

4 d. ago Retail sales fall unexpectedly in October amid Budget hit to consumer confidence

Official figures showed retail sales by volume fell 1.1% during October, following an upwardly revised increase of 0.7% in September.

Economics

4 d. ago Britain's broken finances get WORSE: Government borrowing balloons ahead of Budget leaving Rachel Reeves under even more pressure

The Chancellor was urged to get a tighter grip on spending after the Office for National Statistics revealed public sector borrowing stood at £17.4billion in October.

Politics

4 d. ago Around one in five people living in the UK were born abroad, study finds

It analysed revised immigration data published this week by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) and found that around 19.6 per cent of the UK's population was born abroad.

Politics

5 d. ago Number of young people not in work, education or training ‘a scandal’ – minister

Skills minister Baroness Jacqui Smith said it is ‘a waste of young lives’ when young people are not in education, employment or training.

Politics

5 d. ago New shock study finds around one in five people living in the UK were born abroad

It analysed revised immigration data published this week by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) and found that around 19.6 per cent of the UK's population was born abroad.

Events

5 d. ago Police told they must now call prostitutes 'sexual entrepreneurs' under new guidelines

An all-party parliamentary group warned that National Police Chiefs' Council guidance telling officers how to deal with prostitution was 'normalising' commercial sexual exploitation

Events

5 d. ago The Weeknd's 'After Hours 'Til Dawn' Tour grosses over $1 billion, Live Nation says

The Weeknd’s After Hours ’Til Dawn Tour has officially crossed the $1 billion mark according to Live Nation

Society

5 d. ago Slight fall in number of young people not in work, education or training

The total number of so-called Neets remains close to one million.

Politics

6 d. ago House prices slump just seven days before Rachel Reeves' Budget as demand slows

The typical house price in the UK stood at £271,531 in September - down 0.6 per cent compared to August, according to the Office for National Statistics.

Economics