The UK’s asylum system now costs £5 billion – the highest level of spending on record and up by more than a third in a year. Home Office spending on asylum rose by £1.43 billion, up 36% from £3.95 ...

The tie-up, announced in May, will create a banking giant with millions of customers and about £89 billion worth of assets.

Coventry have announced Frank Lampard as their new head coach on a two-and-a-half-year contract. The 46-year-old will take charge of the Sky Blues for the first time this Saturday when his new side ...

Motorists are facing severe delays on the A127 in Southend this morning. Reports indicate a significant slowdown on the A127 Westbound, between A1158 Prince Avenue and St. Michaels Road, with journey ...

Just 42,500 applications have been approved since July, when the Government said almost 900,000 households were missing out on the benefit.

Seven people have died in a landslide triggered by torrential rains in Indonesia’s Sumatra island, officials said, adding to ...

Officers at Essex Police looked into a series of incidents between October 2023 and October 2024 in the city, which targeted Co-op stores in ...