A legal challenge over whether trans women can be regarded as female for the purposes of the 2010 Equality Act begins at the UK Supreme Court on Tuesday.

“Despite a wealth of wider training, most practitioners working with children across social work, policing, education and health won’t even get a single day of training focused on child sexual abuse ...

A charity founded by the late former Scotland rugby star Doddie Weir has raised more than £18 million for motor neurone ...

Almost a quarter of test purchases conducted during the operation resulted in illicit vapes being sold to children.

The Tobacco and Vapes Bill prevents anyone born after January 1 2009 from legally smoking by gradually raising the age at which tobacco can ...

Work and Pensions Secretary Liz Kendall will announce the plans on Tuesday as part of wide-ranging reforms designed to tackle economic inactivity and deliver the Government’s promise to bring more ...

A 17-month run of falling shop inflation ended in November, amid warnings that higher costs for retailers will “inevitably” ...

The UK’s world-leading climate law has had a “transformative” effect on fighting global warming, but progress is now at risk, a report warns. In a report launched to mark the 16th anniversary of the ...

Two Britons are missing after a tourist yacht sank in the Red Sea off Egypt, the PA news agency understands. Consular support is being provided to “a number of British nationals and their families” ...

US bankruptcy judge Christopher Lopez decided to put off an emergency motion to disqualify The Onion’s bid until early December.