The Latest Breaking News from England

The wettest winter on record remains 2014, when 401mm of rain was recorded

Ofwat confirmed that household water bills would increase by an average of 5.4 per cent from April

Charities hail ‘groundbreaking’ scheme for grandparents and others who take full parental responsibility for a child

The Met Office said this winter will be remembered for its ‘relentless rain’.

Last year, it took an average of five months for a house purchase across Britain to go through the completion process, Rightmove said.

TOI Correspondent from London: Green Party of England and Wales is accused of encouraging sectarian voting and dividing Indian and Pakistani communities in the UK after it released campaign videos for a by-election on Thursday in Urdu and Bangla and promised the next ones in Arabic and Pashto.

England will give Jos Buttler the chance to turn around his miserable form at the T20 World Cup, believing a return to his usual high standard is imminent

Editorial: The themes of an interim report are painfully familiar. Its authors must explain why previous reforms have failed

The UK, like many other countries, has a falling birthrate. But Danny Kruger’s perverse 1970s-style policies offer nothing to mothers-to-be, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee