Sir Steve Webb said the letters from the Department for Work and Pensions do not make clear that repaying the money is voluntary.

Virdee is a new crime-drama that will be airing on the BBC very soon, which stars Staz Nair. Based on best-selling novels by AA Dhand, the six-part series is set and filmed entirely in Bradford.

Have you booked your summer holiday yet? Back in the days, Clacton was the equivalent of summer joy and the place to be.

A woman says a “great burden has been lifted” after the man who sexually abused her in her childhood has been jailed.

More than 100 hostages were released during a wee-klong ceasefire in November 2023. More than 70 are still in Gaza, and Israel has said 34 of those are believed to be dead. Israel says Hamas has ...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ruling Hindu nationalist party won the most seats in the high-stakes state legislature ...

Maximum temperatures will be slightly below average but areas stuck under the clouds will feel colder than they really are, the Met Office said.

Tony Roberts, a Tony Award-nominated theatre performer who appeared in several Woody Allen movies, has died aged 85. Roberts’ death was announced to The New York Times by his daughter, Nicole Burley.

Eli Sharabi, 52, and fellow captives Ohad Ben Ami, 56, and Or Levy, 34, appeared thin as they were handed over by Hamas gunmen.