HUNDREDS of thousands of households are getting £25 cold weather payments to help with heating costs. It comes as a cold snap ...

New unique postcodes called Eircodes will be given to every address in Ireland – some 2.2m of them – by spring 2015, according to the company responsible for rolling out Ireland’s long overdue ...

Beauty salons and tattoo parlours have prospered on High Streets while the number of banks and department stores has fallen, BBC analysis shows. Places to eat and drink have also increased - despite ...

Rising summer temperatures are causing longer and more frequent heatwaves across Great Britain, according to the Met office. BBC analysis estimates that six million people live in places at risk of ...

A video explains how you can stay safe in the cold, as cold weather payments are triggered for 22 Sussex postcode areas.

COLD weather payments have been triggered in 10 more postcodes this weekend, with 451 areas now eligible for the £25 payouts.

Pick My Postcode, formerly known as Free Postcode Lottery, is a free daily lottery where you can win cash prizes every day. Each day, a postcode is picked at random to win £200. If the £200 is not ...

BBC Radio 4's Today will follow six parents for five years, chronicling the ups and downs of looking after a young child in ...

Nearly 700,000 households across over 451 postcode areas can now expect a payment, with these areas split across the UK, ...

Those looking to splash their cash on a ritzy London hotel have the option of an extravagant suite so big that it has its own postcode. The Rosewood, in Holborn, is one of London’s many historic ...

Katrina McGibbon developed alcohol and drug problems in her 30s, but felt her recovery was impeded by the lack of a local, ...

Barrister Doireann O’Mahony has accompanied many distressed families to inquests held into the deaths of their loved ones. Often, she says, they emerge asking: “What was the point of that?” Some ...