Firefighters and police officers are among the first recipients of the award, the civilian equivalent of the Elizabeth Cross.

It is understood Transport for London has told the Aslef union it will set out an initial proposal on an average four-day working week in January.

The fallout from the US presidential election continues to dominate the headlines in Saturday’s newspapers. The Times focuses on charges brought against three people over an alleged Iranian plot to ...

It came on the same day it was announced that two former advisers to Sir Tony Blair had been given senior jobs in Whitehall.

Boris Johnson has said broadcaster Emily Maitlis was getting “pretty revved up” during their Channel 4 coverage of the US election, before he left the panel unexpectedly. The former prime minister ...

Boris Johnson has suggested that Donald Trump would “certainly” do a trade deal with the UK. The former prime minister said ...

A memorial for former One Direction singer Liam Payne has been relocated in his hometown of Wolverhampton. The shrine, adorned with flowers and tributes to the pop star who died on October 16 after ...

The Queen has said The Archers actress June Spencer will be “greatly missed” following her death aged 105. Spencer had played matriarch Peggy Woolley in the BBC Radio 4 show since its first episode in ...

The Metropolitan Police has referred itself to the police watchdog over complaints from two women about the handling of ...

The blast happened in Violet Close, in the Benwell and Elswick area of the city, in the early hours of October 16.

In recent weeks Mbonisi, the first calf to adult giraffe Ruby, developed a second infection and his condition deteriorated.

Authors of a report naming an iconic Kent venue as one of the nation’s biggest firework polluters have been branded “killjoys” .