It comes after Nigel Farage declared the Tory leader’s North West Essex seat will be target area for his party at the next election.

Costas Simitis, the former prime minister of Greece who was the architect of the country joining of the euro, has died aged 88, state TV has reported. Mr Simitis was taken to hospital unconscious in ...

Pensioners are not being asked to downsize to reduce the Government’s reliance on hotels for housing migrants awaiting asylum decisions.

Most of the UK is covered by Met Office weather warnings during Sunday as the cold start to the new year continues.

NURSES will carry out vaccinations for meningitis and DTP at schools across East Ayrshire from this month. The DTP vaccine protects against serious diseases such as diphtheria, tetanus and polio. You ...

An animal-loving artist has been “putting some positivity out into the world” by painting people’s pets in miniature. Alex Birchmore, 33, began the quirky endeavour in 2014. One of her first paintings ...

New Orleans has mourned, wept and danced at a vigil along the famous thoroughfare where 14 people were killed when a truck was driven into revellers celebrating the new year. A makeshift memorial has ...