Families with a disabled child are facing average waits of more than 200 days to get assessments for social care, according to research by a charity which said the system is “failing”.

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Grainne McCloskey, Eden Project manager for Scotland, added: “The Big Lunch has always been about sharing food and making new connections – and with this new evidence confirming that people agree food ...

The rate in the area is 14.5 per 100,000 people, more than five times the estimated worldwide rate of 2.71 per 100,000 people.

More than 1,000 miles of roadworks in England will be lifted to ease the Easter getaway, the Department for Transport has announced. National Highways will remove roadworks from 1,127 miles of ...

Water companies in England recorded 2,487 pollution incidents last year – more than double the target set by the Environment Agency, according to campaigners. Firms were collectively set an ...

GambleAware urged people to ‘open up’ after a survey suggested 67 of the public believe there is still stigma around gambling harms.

Meta chief Mark Zuckerberg once considered separating Instagram from its parent company due to worries about antitrust litigation, according to an email shown on the second say of a trial alleging the ...

The sequel to the psychological thriller A Simple Favour was screened at the Ham Yard Hotel in central London.

A former leader of Glasgow City Council has been arrested and charged with fraud offences. Sky News reported on Tuesday night that Frank McAveety, who served as leader of the local authority between ...

CCTV footage shows elephants at San Diego Zoo Safari Park apparently startled by tremors caused by a 5.2-magnitude earthquake.

Wera Hobhouse, the Lib Dem MP for Bath, was refused entry to the former British territory while travelling to meet her son and baby grandson.