Year: 2024

The government has insisted that private school fees are "clearly out of reach for most people" as ministers continue to defend their VAT policy. 

Russia's unconventional attacks against NATO "look like war" and allies must set new red lines that will trigger a retaliation if crossed, a former foreign minister has warned. 

The father of a seven-week-old boy who died after being breastfed in a baby carrier is calling for increased safety standards around baby slings. 

There has been a "deadly" rise in reports of people driving the wrong way down England's motorways in the last year, an investigation has found. 

Each cigarette a person smokes could shorten their life by 20 minutes, according to new estimates. 

A veteran Labour MP and the long-standing mayor of London are among a handful of politicians named in the King's New Year Honours list. 

Five people have been charged in connection with the death of One Direction star Liam Payne in Argentina. 

World chess number one Magnus Carlsen is back in a major tournament after he quit because he was told to change his jeans. 

At the crash site at Muan Airport, you get a really strong sense of just how sudden and catastrophic it all was. 

Britain looks set for a blustery, rainy and possibly snow-hit start to 2025, with much of the UK covered by yellow weather warnings for 1 January 1.