Chris Pollard

Nearly 16,000 deaths in England last year were linked to such delays - the equivalent of more than 300 every week.

Colombian pop queen Shakira will open the World Cup in Mexico City alongside Nigerian singer Burna Boy with a live performance of Dai Dai, the tournament's official song, on Thursday.

Horrifying footage shows the man lighting a fire in front of the house before smashing a front window and spraying the flames inside with a can of propellant.

Fire officers used a surfboard to carry buoyancy aids into the waves off the coast of Calais and bring 14 men and two children ashore, as it emerged crossings are down 40 per cent.

A Ford dealer is encouraging people to 'beat the changes' coming to the controversial Motability scheme and 'lock in' taxpayer-funded benefits before they are slashed.

Trust Ford, the world's largest Ford dealership group, is running adverts on podcasts and social media urging people to exploit the £3 billion scheme before it's too late.

Retired Jane Kelvey and husband Alan say they are now focused on England's performance in the World Cup after becoming embroiled in an international incident in the English Channel

The proposed measures are included in ministers' draft plans for the long-awaited development, which will see a new 3,500 metre (2.1 mile) runway installed at Britain's busiest airport.

John Edwards announced he was standing down from the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) because he had 'exercised poor judgement' and his position had become 'untenable'.

Labour tech secretary Liz Kendall has revealed she has seen evidence of the 'vulgar and highly sexualised language' used by Information Commissioner John Edwards.