Hundreds of thousands more people have been left homeless in often sub-zero winter conditions Turkey and Syria earthquake – latest news updates A second convoy of aid trucks has crossed into stricken north-western Syria from Turkey, as rescuers continued to pull survivors – including a newborn baby – from the […]

Exclusive: plan for one- and two-year-olds would cost billions and is among options being looked at The Treasury is considering a proposal to massively expand free childcare to one- and two-year-olds in England in a move that would cost billions at the spring budget. Department for Education officials have submitted […]

Paul Ansell says family going through ‘unprecedented hell’ as search widens for missing woman The partner of missing Nicola Bulley says he is “100% convinced” she is not in the River Wyre. Bulley has been missing for 14 days and a specialist underwater team searching the river suspended the operation […]

Attacks come as Luhansk governor says Russia has launched a major offensive in eastern Ukraine Russia has launched a drone and missile attack on targets in the south and east of Ukraine, according to officials and local residents who reported hearing loud explosions. Air raid sirens sounded in much of […]

Ashley Dalton retains constituency for Labour after resignation of Rosie Cooper last autumn Labour has retained the West Lancashire constituency in a byelection called after its MP, Rosie Cooper, resigned last autumn. Ashley Dalton won with 14,068 votes. The Conservative candidate Mike Prendergast followed in second with 5,742. There was […]