Danny FullbrookBBC News, EssexGetty ImagesThe centre is expected to open fully in 2038A new science centre is being built which aims to help protect the UK from future pandemics.The ...

The National Trust has announced plans to cut 6% of its current workforce, about 550 jobs, partly blaming an inflated pay bill and tax rises introduced by Chancellor Rachel ...

US President Donald Trump's tax and spending bill has sparked intense debate. BBC Verify's policy and analysis correspondent Ben Chu has been looking at what the bill could do ...

Ben King & Faarea MasudTransport correspondent & Business reporter, BBC NewsPA MediaHeathrow Airport is considering legal action against National Grid after a report found the fire which caused the ...

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has pledged to meet a new Nato target to spend 5% of the UK's GDP on national security by 2035.At a Nato summit in ...

Health Secretary Wes Streeting has said "we must act now" as he announced a national investigation into maternity care in England.The "rapid" inquiry will urgently look at the worst-performing ...

Tamsin Melville & Erin BlackBBC South WestBBCThe popular shop, run by Ginny Sealey, has been telling a story of continued resilienceAn independent bookshop has been providing a community and ...

Dame Louise Casey has called for a newly-announced inquiry into grooming gangs to be used as a "moment to have a national reset" on the issue.The crossbench peer's report ...

The prime minister has announced there will be a full national statutory inquiry into grooming gangs.Sir Keir Starmer said he had accepted the recommendations of an audit by Baroness ...

Karen HogganBusiness reporter, BBC NewsUK Department for Business and TradeUK Business Secretary Jonathan Reynolds and India's Minister of Commerce and Industry Piyush Goyal met in London last week to ...

Newry, Mourne and Down CouncilPlanned gondolas would have taken visitors up to a visitor centre up Northern Ireland's highest mountainThe National Trust has said it will not lease land ...

The UK's official statistics agency, whose information is at the heart of decisions affecting millions of people, is under review following criticisms about its data.The government has asked a ...