Four top British actors including Ralph Fiennes are supporting the creation of a new theatre to encourage young and emerging talent. Dame Joanna Lumley, Brian Cox and Zoe Wanamaker are …

An MP who recently became a father for the third time is calling on the government to extend paternity leave for new fathers and back "day one" rights to statutory …

A 19-year-old woman who believes she was spiked says she was "miserably failed" by hospital staff and says a nurse dismissed her as drunk. Libby Woolford, from Porth, Rhondda Cynon …

A solar farm the size of 38 football pitches has been given planning permission. G Power Solar Ltd successfully applied to set it up on a 24.5 hectare (60 acre) …

Two female zebras have been put down at Paignton Zoo due to deteriorating health conditions, the organisation has announced. The zoo said it had made the "difficult decision" to euthanise, …

Union members at the University of Bradford have voted to strike over a £16m budget cut which could see jobs axed and some courses closed. The University and College Union …

"I've applied for factories, care work, hospital work – anything to just get a job to support me and my son," says 20-year-old mum Libby. She says she's sent hundreds …

A basketball coach who set up an academy in Derby to support teenagers has announced he is leaving after 15 years. Former Derby Trailblazers head coach Matt Shaw, 46, said …

A man has been sentenced to five-and-a-half years in prison for terrorism offences relating to right-wing extremism. Tobias Gleed, of Meadows Crescent, Honiton, was sentenced at Winchester Crown Court on …

A study commissioned by the Department for Infrastructure has recommended building a £20m flood prevention scheme in Downpatrick. The town was hit by serious flooding in November 2023 after a …