18+ hour, 1+ min ago   (360+ words) The Government has delayed ordering new attack submarines despite repeated availability issues. Defence Secretary Wes Streeting said the amount of new nuclear-powered boats for the Royal Navy won't be decided until as late as 2028. One former senior officer accused Labour…...

22+ hour, 21+ min ago   (871+ words) Prime Minister Andy Burnham has taken a break from running the country - to run in the world’s greatest half marathon. He joined 63,000 others in the biggest-ever Great North Run, which is celebrating its 45th anniversary. Runners, many in fancy dress, set…...

23+ hour, 20+ min ago   (650+ words) Blind war hero Paul Jacobs gave a nervous team of fundraisers a last minute pep-talk before their 12,000ft skydiveThe soldier - catastrophically injured by a Taliban bomb while trying to save a stricken colleague in Afghanistan - used his intimate knowledge of overcoming…...

1+ day, 18+ min ago   (403+ words) Rory McIlroy was quick to snap at a question over potential disruption to the third round of the Irish Open through Donald Trump's presence. The Northern Irishman kicked off day three of the tournament, which is being held at the…...

1+ day, 6+ hour ago   (739+ words) Households could be owed hundreds or even thousands of pounds in overpaid tax, with married couples, workers and people accessing their pensions among those being encouraged to check by an expert. From an overlooked marriage tax break to emergency tax…...

1+ day, 3+ hour ago   (295+ words) British businesses are now hit with so much political interference that they might as well be "agents of the state", according to a hard-hitting analysis. The country is in the grip of "command capitalism" in which businesses remain privately owned…...

4+ day, 19+ hour ago   (410+ words) HMRC senior officials have faced questions from MPs about how a major tax change for the state pension will affect claimants. The new policy will need to be in place in time for next April's triple lock increase. The full…...

5+ day, 6+ hour ago   (316+ words) 8pm, Channel 4Is it better to be open-plan or walled up, ask our hosts as we revisit two couples from 2023. Aneri and Nihar were divided on their Hertfordshire house: was it isolated or did it have the perfect, ahem, location location location?...

6+ day, 5+ hour ago   (663+ words) She wrote: "Today in Walthamstow we held the 46th Milad Al Nabi march - it's a noisy annual celebration for our local Muslim community of the Prophet Mohammed's birthday. Food, sweets and roses all shared by those marching with the local residents....

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (469+ words) The gender pension gap means women effectively receive four months less pension payments every year compared to men, a union has warned. The Trades Union Congress (TUC) highlighted analysis from Prospect, which revealed a 32.8% gap in retirement payments between men…...