The mother of a woman who was raped and murdered has welcomed the Lord Chancellor’s decision to ask the Parole Board to reconsider its recommendation that the sadistic killer who stabbed her 60 times ...

Members of the largest education union in the UK have voted to accept the Government’s 5.5% pay rise for teachers in England. In a National Education Union (NEU) snap poll, 95% of members who ...

Laila Soueif, 68, said she will not eat again until her son, Alaa Abd El-Fattah, is released from prison in Egypt.

Labour Chancellor Rachel Reeves “sees more black holes than Mr Spock”, a Conservative leadership hopeful has claimed. Tom Tugendhat said October’s Budget could “destroy growth” in the UK and he ...

The Conservatives’ social media strategy is “10 years out of date”, according to leadership candidate Robert Jenrick. Mr Jenrick labelled the party’s strategy as “really poor” during the general ...

The UK Government is doing “everything we can” to help Britons flee Lebanon, Downing Street has said. Foreign Secretary David Lammy chaired a ministerial meeting of the Cobra emergency committee on ...

PLANNERS have given the go-ahead for the conversion of a house into a new hotel near Dudley town centre. The building, on Priory Road, will become a six-bedroom hotel after council officers concluded ...

The UK’s top civil servant Simon Case has announced he will step down at the end of the year on health grounds. Cabinet Secretary Mr Case, who has been undergoing treatment for a neurological ...

Amanda Abbington and Giovanni Pernice were paired on Strictly Come Dancing in 2023, and Abbington subsequently complained about his behaviour.

He spoke after reports emerged claiming Humza Yousaf lobbied the UK Government to help his wife’s parents escape from Gaza.