The Treasury Committee is urging the Government to improve its monitoring and said the Treasury may eventually need to mandate cash acceptance.

The call from conservation charity Plantlife comes as it kicks off its annual “no mow May” campaign to encourage homeowners to leave their mower in the shed for the month, and into the summer, to ...

More than 1,000 physician associates (PAs) could begin their careers in the NHS every year after regulators approved dozens of courses to teach them. The General Medical Council (GMC) said it had ...

Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner, Liberal Democrat leader Sir Ed Davey and Reform UK leader Nigel Farage will be among those out canvassing.

The world’s largest furniture retailer has taken over the former Topshop base in London to open a three-floor outlet selling around 6,000 items.

However, a report by the ABRSM, the exam board of the Royal Schools of Music, suggests the range of instruments now being taught is ‘widening’.

The Commons Public Accounts Committee found the cost of collecting taxes rose by £563 million over the last parliament, while productivity fell.

A train has been wrapped in bold artwork celebrating the ethnicity of its operator’s workforce and the communities it serves. Digital artist Baraka Carberry, who created the work for Avanti West Coast ...

Also on the line-up are authors Maggie O’Farrell and Ian McEwan, as well as Gavin And Stacey co-creator and writer, Ruth Jones.

A doctor who was contemplating having her eye removed had her sight restored in time for her wedding thanks to a first-of-its-kind genomics lab. Ellie Irwin had a rare bacterial eye infection which ...

Climate Change Committee warns not enough is being done to prepare the country and people for floods, droughts, heatwaves and wildfires.

A bird hide designed to resemble an air traffic control tower has been unveiled near Heathrow airport. The structure allows visitors to watch wildlife at one of the 13 nature reserves on land owned by ...