It may have a way to go before it rivals Amsterdam but Plymouth has been named as the UK’s most bike-friendly city. Big cycling cities like London and Cambridge, however, languished in towards the bottom of the list.

The body of a British man who went missing whilst holidaying with a friend on a crocodile infested river in India has been found.

Local councils handed out an increased number of parking tickets last year despite cutting back on traffic wardens.

Chen Guangcheng's brother has fled his closely guarded village in eastern China to seek legal advice in Beijing, his lawyer said.

Deaf children are at risk of losing vital services as local councils implement a second year of savage cuts, a new report by a deaf children’s charity has warned.

Britain should scrap eight different taxes, set a single rate of income tax at 30 per cent and move the personal allowance up to £10,000, according to the TaxPayers' Alliance and Institute of Directors.

The social care system is at breaking point, with 88 per cent of social workers fearing that cuts are putting vulnerable children's lives at risk.

Thousands of residents have been asked for their views on a waste facility sited under the wetlands

More than 200,000 11-year-olds quit primary school every year unable to swim, according to a report out today.

Children in care in England are forced to wait an average of 20 months to move in with adoptive parents, according to new figures.

The planning system is failing to protect England's wildlife and natural areas, many of which are facing major declines, a report has warned.

Official figures to measure how many vulnerable children go missing from care and are subjected to exploitation are confusing and meaningless, the government admitted today.

Elderly and disabled adults receiving care were promised more power to make decisions about the support they get in today's Queen's Speech.

Fathers look set to be given additional rights to see their children after family break-up or divorce, as long as it is in the child's best interests, under reforms set out in the Queen's Speech.