The UK population is set to balloon to 72.5m by 2032, but will this spell demographic catastrophe or economic boom?

A song often referred to as the Black national anthem, “Lift Every Voice and Sing,” will be performed by local artist Ledisi at Sunday’s Super Bowl in New Orleans, the fifth year it has featured in ...

Some people on benefits are “taking the mickey” but “there are many more people who want to work”, the Work and Pensions ...

A Derbyshire town regaining a railway station after decades without one would be “transformational” a council chief has said.

Leicestershire County Council had told the Government it wanted to postpone May's elections to allow it to put together proposals for restructuring in light of Whitehall's plans to “streamline” ...

Britain would oppose any effort to move Palestinians in Gaza to neighbouring Arab states against their will, a Foreign Office ...

Peter Mandelson, Britain’s new ambassador to the United States, will try to sustain a relationship strained by President ...

A record two-year investment of £2.65 billion will be made across the country, better protecting 52,000 properties by March ...

Exclusive: Former deputy chair of the Conservative Party Jack Lopresti has given his first interview to The Independent after volunteering to serve in the Ukrainian military ...

A Tory MP who lost his Westminster seat in the general election last year is now serving in the Ukrainian military. Jack Lopresti was the MP for Filton and Bradley Stoke, in South Gloucestershire, ...

David Moyes made it three wins in a row as Everton manager, as the Toffees made the most of a buoyant Goodison Park to hammer ...

De Montfort University has 24,000 students, 20,000 at its well-known campus in Leicester, but a further 4,000 around the ...