Councillors were recommended to approve the plan but decided to defer the decision to give residents more time to comment.

Snow has begun to fall across Swindon and Wiltshire after a yellow weather warning was issued. Heavy snow is forecast between 6pm and 7pm and lighter snow is predicted throughout much of the evening.

Parents who want to homeschool their children face having to get permission from their local council, if their child is at risk of harm, according to plans in the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill ...

Kallum Pickering, chief economist at brokerage Peel Hunt, said: “If bond yields rise further, Reeves may be forced to make the economically damaging decision of further increasing taxes or cutting ...

Manchester United defender Harry Maguire has been disqualified from driving for 56 days and ordered to pay £1,052 after he admitted driving at 85mph in a 50mph limit. The 31-year-old was caught ...

Department for Transport figures show as of January 1 there were 73,334 public electric vehicle charging devices.

The bodies’ recovery comes as Israel and Hamas are considering a ceasefire deal that would free the hostages and halt the fighting in Gaza.

Ashes rivals Ashleigh Gardner and Tammy Beaumont have called for more Test cricket to be played in future series between their sides.

Around 4,000 people are still without power while 4,500 are without water, though more sub-zero conditions overnight are expected to cause more disruption. The entire island was under weather warnings ...

Former Brexit negotiator Sir Oliver Robbins has been appointed as the Foreign Office’s highest ranking civil servant. Sir Oliver, known as Olly, will serve as the new permanent under-secretary at the ...

Paula Radcliffe believes Keely Hodgkinson’s potential is “stratospheric” as the Olympic champion targets a “double whammy” of success in 2025. Hodgkinson won gold over 800 metres in Paris last summer ...

More heavy snow is forecast to hit Swindon and Wiltshire on Wednesday evening. The Met Office has predicted that heavy snowfall will hit the area from 6pm on Wednesday, January 8, and will last for ...