Before the amps are even switched on in Brockwell Park, there’s been a lot of noise about who should or shouldn’t be performing. It’s where Irish...
The UK has signed a long-awaited deal to hand control of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius. It means Britain will give up sovereignty of the Indian...
More than a dozen people have been injured after a train hit an agricultural trailer on a level crossing in Herefordshire, according to emergency services. British...
The economy will have to be “strong enough” for the government to U-turn on winter fuel payment cuts, the business secretary has said. Jonathan Reynolds, talking...
The Princess of Wales has smashed a bottle of whisky against the hull of a new Royal Navy warship as she officially named it HMS Glasgow....
Pregnant women and babies were reportedly evacuated from a Bristol city centre maternity hospital following a fire on the roof of the building. Black smoke was...
The government has been temporarily blocked from concluding the Chagos Islands deal by a late-night High Court injunction. Ministers had been expected to complete a deal...
Irish rap trio Kneecap have branded the charging of one of their members with a terror offence in the UK as “political policing” in a bid...
There was “no reason to suspect equipment failure” after a woman died while skydiving, an inquest has heard. Jade Damarell died after crashing onto farmland in...
Police have issued a fresh appeal for information around the unsolved murder of a teenager in Northern Ireland more than 50 years ago. The body of...
Chemical castration has been used on sex offenders in several countries over many years, with some success – but it remains controversial. The principle of treatment,...
Sex offenders could face chemical castration and thousands of offenders will be released after serving a third of their jail term, under plans proposed in a...
The UK government is calling for Israel to launch an investigation after the country’s troops fired warning shots while British diplomats were travelling through the West...
Friends of Jay Slater have failed to appear as witnesses at an inquest into his death – as a coroner heard the British teenager had drugs...
A tornado could batter parts of the UK, experts are warning – as southern England endures heavy rain following the driest start to spring in decades....
A registered sex offender was found with a six-year-old girl after he was detected by facial recognition technology. David Cheneler, 73, was discovered with the child...
West Nile virus has been found in mosquitoes collected in the UK for the first time, the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) has said. The virus,...
Footballer Jay Emmanuel-Thomas has admitted his involvement in a plot to smuggle £600,000 worth of cannabis from Thailand into the UK. The 34-year-old striker was sacked...
Governments “have to be fair” to pensioners but there is a case for people on the top rate of income tax to be excluded from winter...
A survivor of the Southport knife attack is calling for the use of blunt-tipped knives in home kitchens, in a campaign she says is “for the...