A man has been taken to hospital after being shot by armed police outside a rural village pub in Kent. The shooting took place at around 9pm on Monday at The Park Gate Inn, in Hollingbourne, Kent.

England has had the hottest spring and the driest for more than a century, with northern areas drought-stricken.

French president Emmanuel Macron said talks with the UK would also cover defence, security and nuclear energy.

The FCA said Monzo’s financial fraud systems and controls ‘failed to keep pace’ with its rapid growth in customers numbers in recent years.

The Environment Agency will receive a cash injection of more than £189 million this financial year of 2025/26.

Ireland’s foreign affairs minister said the EU and the US must work “intensively” to get a deal on tariffs in place before the deadline for increased rates, but added he has concerns for the pharma ...

The Office for Budget Responsibility said the state finances were facing ‘mounting risks’ in the face of growing debts.

Edinburgh and Birmingham airports have become the latest airports to allow passengers to keep liquids in their bags when going through security.

Labour wealth taxes could see the richest plug gaps in the budget left by winter fuel and PIP u-turns, but ministers say announcements will have ...

Heidi Alexander said the Government would publish estimates in March for how long the schemes will take to deliver.

Musician and producer Jordan Rakei recorded more than 50 sounds such as travellers’ footsteps, passports being stamped and aircraft engines.

Ravinder Naga falsely confessed to stealing £35,000 as a result of the Horizon IT faults in a bid to save his mother from prosecution.