The Scottish government has called on Westminster to decriminalise all drugs for personal use. Ministers said the move, outlined in a new paper on drug law...
Murals of cartoon characters on the walls of an asylum centre for unaccompanied children have been painted over after an order from the immigration minister, the...
Two new satellite images show unidentified white shapes on top of Reactor 4 at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant. The images, taken by satellite imagery company Planet...
The firm that owned the submersible Titan has suspended its commercial operations, it announced on its website. OceanGate said it has “suspended all exploration and commercial...
Sir Keir Starmer says he hopes to bring state school standards up to those of their private counterparts within his first term if Labour wins the...
Breaking the “class ceiling” with the promise that a child’s start in life won’t determine where they end up. The last of Sir Keir Starmer’s five...
The UK is planning new powers to sanction Iran after at least 15 “credible threats” to kill or kidnap people in Britain who are deemed as...
The Cabinet Office has lost its legal bid to withhold Boris Johnson’s unredacted WhatsApp messages and notebooks from the COVID-19 Inquiry. Inquiry chair Baroness Hallett issued an...
A Labour government would provide speaking lessons for children, with its leader saying an “inability to articulate your thoughts fluently is a key barrier to getting...
The National Health Service faces a future of “enormous challenges”, its chief executive has warned on its 75th birthday. In a speech to mark the anniversary...
Labour peer and professor Lord Winston has admitted he is “not optimistic” about the future of the NHS as the health service celebrates its 75th anniversary....
The government has suffered what is thought to be a record 20 defeats in the House of Lords over its controversial Illegal Migration Bill. Justin Welby,...
The St Petersburg palace of Wagner Group boss Yevgeny Prigozhin has been raided by Russian security services. The FSB says it found guns, ammunition, gold bars,...
Coco Lee – a Hong Kong-born singer who starred in Disney’s Mulan – has died at the age of 48. The star died in hospital in...
Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg has been charged with disobeying a police order during a protest in her home country. The 20-year-old environmental campaigner was arrested...
Chris Pincher MP is facing a suspension from the House of Commons for eight weeks after a report into groping claims against him. Mr Pincher, who...
A report into groping allegations against MP Chris Pincher is due to be published on Thursday – and he could face a significant suspension. Parliament’s watchdog...
Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg has been charged with disobeying a police order during a protest in her home country. The 20-year-old environmental campaigner was arrested...
At least 16 people – including three children – have died in South Africa due to a suspected gas leak, police have said. The incident happened...
Coco Lee – a Hong Kong-born singer who starred in Disney’s Mulan – has died at the age of 48. The star died in hospital in...