A new national forest stretching from the Cotswolds to the Mendips is set to be created, the government has announced.

Children in poorer families but living in areas where people from different economic backgrounds mix and make friends grow up to earn more in later life, according to research. An earnings boost of ...

A dry start with some sunny spells. Cloud thickening, with outbreaks of rain later, these perhaps heavy with thunder. Warm, but feeling cooler in the wind and near coasts. Maximum temperature 19 ...