Net migration to the UK has reached a record high, with an estimated 504,000 more people arriving into the UK than departing in the past year, new ONS estimates show.

The Office of Rail and Road said the station was used by an estimated 41.4 million passengers in the 12 months to the end of March.

Wales’ crunch group B fixture against Iran kicks off at 1pm Qatari time, 10am in the UK, at the Ahmed bin Ali Stadium on Friday.

Housing secretary asked if he is ‘embarrassed laying out those statistics’ - 12 years after Tories came to power

The National Grid warned there could be blackouts on ‘very very cold winter days’

The National Grid warned there could be blackouts on ‘very very cold winter days’

Money Saving Expert says the changes are ‘mostly irrelevant’ for bill payers. Here’s why

Government has announced plans to help businesses cope with rising costs

Government has announced plans to help businesses cope with rising costs

It is set to add to the massive strain faced by the public purse in coming months due to soaring gas prices

It is set to add to the massive strain faced by the public purse in coming months due to soaring gas prices

He took action against Airdrie and club director Paul Hetherington.

Sir Mark Rowley said it is ‘perverse’ the force cannot get rid of the officers.

The Housing Secretary stripped the association that rented the mould-ridden flat of £1 million of funding.

Ofgem has increased the price cap on its energy price to 67p per unit for electricity and 17p for gas

Both were due to go on trial at Leeds Magistrates’ Court earlier this week after previously denying wrongdoing.

The Government’s energy price guarantee will cost around £15.1bn between January and March, compared with £7.8bn from October to December.

It comes after the Housing Secretary wrote to every English council leader and social housing provider to warn that such deaths must not happen.

‘I still don’t understand it,’ one person says

‘I still don’t understand it,’ one person says

From a total mobile phone ban to low emission zones, don’t be caught out by new motoring rules

From a total mobile phone ban to low emission zones, don’t be caught out by new motoring rules

The snap poll was carried out after the UK Supreme Court said the Scottish Parliament does not have the power to legislate for another indyref.

From nursing to postal deliveries, few public services will be unaffected by industrial action this winter

From nursing to postal deliveries, few public services will be unaffected by industrial action this winter

Industrial action follows earlier walkouts over pay and conditions

Industrial action follows earlier walkouts over pay and conditions

Boris Johnson announced plans while Prime Minister in 2019 for all major UK airports to introduce new technology.

Inquiry may be extended if fresh allegations emerge

More than 200,000 potential victims in the UK alone have been directly targeted through fraud website

A denied independence referendum and World Cup schadenfreude are splashed across the Thursday papers.

Some 800,000 children across the UK live in households on universal credit but do not qualify for free school meals

It comes after reports of failures and delays on the Ticketmaster website that left fans unable to purchase tickets for the pop megastar’s tour.

Record 2.7 million parking tickets handed out between April and June

Almost 200 items from the Hollywood star’s life and career will go under the hammer next month in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles.

Several of Dominic Raab’s former private secretaries are said to be preparing to lodge concerns about his conduct.

The Government said the data would give patients a ‘more informed choice’ about where to seek care.

Some 2.7 million tickets were issued between April and June, analysis of Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency data by the PA news agency found.

Councils get money to crack down on rogue landlords

More than a dozen industry bodies have made the plea in a letter to the Deputy First Minister.

Skylight Circus Arts in Rochdale, which teaches ‘circus with a purpose’, has won Eventbrite’s UK-wide competition.

‘NHS 111 Online is available to signpost people to the best option for their care needs ahead of winter,’ the NHS national medical director said.

Presents topped the list of what children said are most excited about in the lead up to Christmas, closely followed by time off school.

The findings have prompted those behind the research to call for pupil premium funding – which is targeted at poorer pupils – to be protected.

Parents whose children have left the family home or started their own careers are among those being targeted.

The listings included phone accessories, fake clothing, jewellery, tobacco and car parts.

The Higher Education Policy Institute said short-response questions could focus on an applicant’s interest in their course and their relevant skills.

Justice secretary also faces claims he used private email for government work, report claims

Comedian Babatunde Aleshe said ‘everything changed’ after Mo Gilligan asked that he join him on tour.

Former prime minister also shared some of his regrets from time at the top

Exclusive: Staff worked 20-hour days in build-up to tragedy that killed 27 people, source tells Nicola Kelly

The items will go on sale at Toovey’s auction house in West Sussex on December 1.

Professor Colin Harvey also called on all armed groups to disband and to ‘get out of the way’ of a united Ireland.

The former health secretary undertook the latest Deals on Wheels challenge with ex-rugby player Mike Tindall.

‘It’s not the judges who are wrong, it is the law that is wrong,’ Michael Russell told a pro-Irish unity conference in Belfast.

The report estimates that since 2015 there have been at least 50 cases of dual and foreign nationals being arbitrarily detained by Iran.

Britons in rural areas less likely to think climate change needs urgent action

One of the biggest walkouts of the year will be held on Thursday

Sir Lindsay Hoyle invited 37 actors from the two soaps to a reception at Speaker’s House.

The comments were made during a panel discussion organised by the pro-unity group Ireland’s Future.

Suella Braverman struggles to answer MP’s questions on ‘shortage of safe and legal routes’

Seven European nations, including England and Wales, abandoned plans to wear the anti-discrimination symbol after Fifa threatened sporting sanctions.

Report of senior employment lawyer will be published in full, says Downing Street

The PM faced a rebellion from Conservative MPs over a building target.

For the loved ones of those who died in the Channel, justice remains out of reach

The admission by Lord Caine came as he outlined a series of proposed changes to the draft legislation aimed at allaying concerns

Rescuers passed the buck or gave false reassurances for at least two hours

Jeremy Hunt has come under fire for refusing to abolish the arrangement for those who live in the UK but pay no tax on their offshore income.

But chancellor insists ‘I do not support, I have never contemplated’ tearing up Boris Johnson’s threadbare deal

Rishi Sunak defended policy, saying abolising it would ‘cost Britain money’

The South African president was in Downing Street as part of his state visit to the UK, the first by a foreign dignitary in the reign of the King.

First minister vows to fight on after Holyrood told vote needs Westminster’s approval

The First Minister addressed hundreds of supporters after the UK’s highest court ruled Holyrood could not legislate for a referendum.

Sarah Sands killed Michael Pleasted in 2014, weeks after discovering he had betrayed her friendship to abuse her three boys

An estimated 2.1 million people are living with long Covid in the UK.

Statistics on last year’s spending show much of slashed UK aid went on domestic costs as help for Africa plummeted.

The Pop Idol winner made the suggestion after the former England footballer signed a controversial deal with the Fifa World Cup hosts.

Growing proportion of party cash coming from wealthy individuals, according to researchers

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa was making the first state visit of the King’s reign.

Stephen Kay told the inquiry in Edinburgh that he received a single two-day course in diversity awareness in 2001.

Former PM also claims Germany wanted Ukraine to fall swiftly to avoid economic pain

Adopting harsher stance would now harm both parties’ electoral chances, IPPR research finds

Their former colleague Lucy Letby denies the murders of seven babies and the attempted murders of 10 others.

’We do need people to change their behaviour’ chancellor says – after Truss government rejected campaign to cut use

Dame Cally Palmer, national cancer director at NHS England said the numbers are heading in the right direction but admitted there is a way to go.

Energy firm blames switch after taking control of SSE’s retail division

Britain facing recession which much of world will avoid, says report

Reduction comes days after Jeremy Hunt pledged to remain world leader ‘in tackling global poverty’

Keir Starmer demands end to ‘tax breaks for super-rich’ at PMQs

The UN special rapporteur for violence against women and girls wrote to the UK Government earlier this week.

It is more than seven months since former home secretary Priti Patel announced the deal in a bid to curb Channel crossings.

Development consent for Aquind’s new subsea electricity link between Portsmouth on the south coast and Normandy in France was refused by then Business

Home secretary says five legal challenges are underway amid unlawful detention allegations

Chris Tuczemskyi pays tribute to late partner Rebecca Ableman, who passed away from her injuries in October but saved the life of their daughter Autumn

Hammond shared his story as part of a video for the DriveTribe YouTube channel, which he co-founded with Jeremy Clarkson and James May.

Pc Charlie Thompson, of Essex Police, went to help his colleagues after they stopped a Volkswagen Golf driver on suspicion of using a mobile phone behind the wheel on January 1

Pc Charlie Thompson, of Essex Police, said the motorist is an ‘absolute mountain of a man’

Reporter Charlotte Lynch was handcuffed and left in a cell after being arrested while covering Just Stop Oil protests.

Senior lawyer Adam Tolley will investigate allegations made about the Deputy Prime Minister.

The two nations signed an agreement during South African President Cyril Ramaphosa’s state visit to the UK.