All news by author: Dave Burke

Last night Lancashire Constabulary appealed for a woman seen on CCTV pushing a pram close to the River Wyre on the morning Nicola vanished

Complaints to the Energy Ombudsman have reached record levels, passing 100,000 last year, as anger grows at the pre-payment scandal that has seen people's homes broke into by British Gas subcontractors

The victim, in her 30s, was struck by a car shortly before 12.30pm in Southall, West London, the Met Police said. She is currently in a life-threatening condition as officers try to locate the driver

Nicola's sister has urged the public to keep an "open mind" after police said they believe the 45-year-old may have fallen into the River Wyre in Lancashire on January 27, as the search for her goes into a ninth day

Detectives believe Nicola may have fallen into the River Wyre in Lancashire while walking her dog Willow - possibly because she was fetching her pet's ball

Essex Police suspect the victim, a man in his 40s, had been assaulted close to a nearby pub after being called to a car park in Canvey Island in the early hours of this morning

Lancashire Constabulary believes that mum-of-two Nicola fell into the River Wyre after encountering "issues" with her dog Willow on January 27

Members of the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) will walk out on Monday and Tuesday in England, while GMB members employed by the ambulance service will also strike on Monday

Dan Jarvis told MPs they had a "precious opportunity within our grasp to make a real difference to over 50,000 pregnant women and new parents each year"

The jet-setting former Tory leader has been active on the world stage in recent weeks, meeting politicians in Ukraine and the US despite holding no role in government, but Mr Sunak told Piers Morgan he doesn't have an issue with it

The former Culture Secretary said that she would step down to defend herself if she were in Mr Raab's situation, amid questions over how much Rishi Sunak knew about allegations when he appointed him

Labour's Luke Pollard says thousands of pump-action guns must be removed from UK homes, while misogynistic violence should be treated as a hate crime to prevent a repeat of the sickening Plymouth murders

The former PM has spoken of his new-found hobby in an interview with former cabinet member Nadine Dorries, which is set to be screened tomorrow evening

Northern Ireland Secretary Chris Heaton-Harris told the House of Commons that the probe will be set up following a court judgement compelling the government to investigate

The National Audit Office confirmed it was 'seeking further information' over the revelation that £220,000 of public money was being spent to fund Boris Johnson's defence against allegations he misled Parliament about Partygate

Rishi Sunak is under intense pressure to remove Mr Raab as deputy PM as eight formal complaints about alleged bullying are investigated

Education Secretary Gillian Keegan said it would be "economically incoherent" to meet union pay demands as nearly one in ten schools in England were forced to shut because of strike action

Kim Johnson's remark was branded "completely unacceptable" by Keir Starmer's official spokesman, and she is expected to be spoken to by the party's chief whip

In a heated PMQs exchange, the PM was branded "pathetic" and branded "too weak" to stand up to his deputy Dominic Raab, who faces multiple allegations of bullying

The former Prime Minister told close ally Nadine Dorries in an interview set to be screened on Friday that he hopes it is "obvious" to everyone that he thought he was following the rules, despite being hit with a fine by the Met Police

The shadow Home Secretary urged her Tory counterpart to 'get out of the way and let somebody else do the job' as she lashed out over the government's crime failings

Facing MPs today, Jonathan Brearley branded the controversial step 'reasonable' - but was met by disbelief, with Labour's Darren Jones responding: 'I'd assume most people who aren't paying their bills, it's because they can't afford it.'

The British Medical Association (BMA) warns that morale in the NHS "has never been as low" and a 35% real-terms pay cut since 2009 means top medics are being "driven out of jobs they love"

Labour deputy leader Angela Rayner said the controversial Strikes (Minimum Service Levels) Bill is "an attack on our basic British freedoms" as protesters gathered outside Downing Street

Labour's Lisa Nandy today said that too little had been done to address safety concerns affecting millions in the five-and-a-half years since the Grenfell Tower tragedy