An Oxfordshire village which could house more than 1,000 asylum seekers has voted overwhelmingly to become an independent state in a symbolic “referendum”..

A total of 14 recommendations have been made in the Thirlwall Inquiry report – including the fitting of baby monitors in all cots and incubators in neonatal units and CCTV cameras focused on insulin storage fridges..

Some babies could have been saved from death and harm at the hands of Lucy Letby if safeguarding action had been taken earlier, an inquiry prompted by the child serial killer’s crimes has found..

People relying solely on the full new state pension are on course to breach the personal tax allowance for the first time after official earnings data put some pensioners in line for a potential rise of nearly £500 a year from next April..

The petition concerns the Copthorne Hotel, near Crawley, which has been used to house asylum seekers since 2021.

A star-studded Sussex village could lose its identity if planned developments deliver almost 6,000 new homes

A Woodingdean man is keen to keep a now closed down community grocer alive with a new business plan

Sussex village East Dean, near Eastbourne, has been described as "Britain’s quietest celebrity hotspot" by The Daily Telegraph.