Chancellor John Healey will reveal the new pay rates in the Budget, and has also announced measures to help households with the cost of living.

The King is on a nine-day tour that will take him to three countries, including the Bahamas, Guyana and Antigua and Barbuda.

After storms across the UK, the weather is set to turn calmer with mist and fog at times over the coming week.

Plans to switch to digital landlines by January could leave remote areas of the UK vulnerable, MPs say.

Jill Kenning says she has been unable to get a drug she uses to manage her condition.