Energy Secretary Gillian Martin was speaking after a plan to divide the UK into regional pricing zones was rejected.

Parliament’s Intelligence and Security Committee described the threat from Iran as ‘persistent’ and ‘unpredictable’.

It comes as new figures show the waiting list for routine hospital treatment in England fell to its lowest in more than two years.

NHS Fife has spent more than £220,000 defending itself in the employment tribunal launched by nurse Sandie Peggie, it has been revealed. The extent of the costs was uncovered following an intervention ...

This time the focus is on the Thomas Hardye School's Sixth Form Ball. Pictures from the memorable event will run across eight pages in the Friday, July 11 edition of the Dorset Echo.

A yellow heat health alert has been extended to all regions in England, with temperatures set to reach 31C on Thursday and expected to climb as the third heatwave of the summer hits the UK.

Financial insights company TransUnion also found that 7 of people are using credit to partly fund their summer getaway this year.

A WOMAN has been given 'appropriate care' after a concern for welfare in Weymouth town centre. Officers from Dorset Police were called to an incident last night at the Swannery Bridge near to West Way ...

NO ARRESTS have been made three months after two huge heath fires were set alight from human intervention. Around 80 firefighters were called to Upton Heath shortly before midnight on April 2, before ...

Glastonbury revellers clocked up a combined three billion steps at the festival, according to the event’s official app. The step count meant the average festival-goer clocked up 114,000 steps as they ...

The UK’s top stock index jumped by as much as 100 points, or 1.1, to a new intraday record of 8,967.21 points.

Tyler Hayward, 26, was found by officers with stab wounds in Chingford Mount Road, Chingford, at around 9.15pm on Sunday.