The figure is more than double the 18 who say they have difficulty paying their current bill, the Consumer Council for Water said.

Being more active in the morning and evening could cut the risk of bowel cancer by 11%, according to a study. Researchers suggest that highlighting specific times when physical activity is “most ...

Eight in 10 councils in England are on course to bust their budget on adult social care by March, according to a survey said to show the “ongoing and intensifying pressures” facing the sector. Such ...

MPs are calling for improved access to hearing tests and for hearing aids to be made “cool” to encourage more people to wear them. Labour MP Yasmin Qureshi is backing a campaign to move audiology to a ...

A £1 billion heat network scheme which could provide low carbon heating for some of London’s most famous buildings has been launched for Westminster. The scheme will take heat from innovative sources ...

Victoria Atkins said the move had ‘consigned family farms and businesses to being sold off and split up as families cannot afford massive ...

A divided America weighed a stark choice for the nation’s future on Tuesday as a presidential campaign marked by upheaval and ...

Channel 4’s Krishnan Guru-Murthy told the former prime minister to ‘put it away’ during the broadcaster’s coverage of the election.

Dozens of pro-Palestinian protesters have staged a demonstration outside a US election event in Dublin. Activists were protesting over the holding of a “watch party” for the early stages of the ...

Born to jazz musician John L Nelson and Mattie Della Shaw in 1960, two years after Prince, Nelson was a singer-songwriter.

A US presidential campaign marked by upheaval and rancour approached its finale on Election Day as Americans decided whether ...

Hollywood actresses Anne Hathaway, Julia Roberts and Eva Longoria are among the celebrities sharing that they have voted for Kamala Harris as the US goes to the polls.