Police force told improvements still needed after watchdog assessmen...

West Mercia Police had been told to improve how it investigates crimes and updates victims following an inspection in 2021.

Ash Regan: Voters will back me in Holyrood election despite SNP defe...

The former SNP leadership candidate quit the party for Alba, headed by Alex Salmond, at the weekend.

Johnson ‘cannot lead’ and making Government ‘impossible’ – Case

The UK’s top civil servant vented that Boris Johnson ‘cannot lead’ amid pandemic-era frustration with the Prime Minister’s leadership.

Deaths of babies will be ‘on our hands’ if no ceasefire in Gaza – vi...

Sharyn Lock, who volunteered in Palestine in 2002, is holding a five-day fast outside Holyrood in solidarity with the people of Palestine.

I’ll never give up hope his body will be found, says sister of Colum...

Dympna Kerr also appealed for fresh information to help find her brother.

Tory MP sacked from Government job for urging PM to back Gaza ceasef...

Paul Bristow was asked to leave his job as a ministerial aide at the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology.

Naming murder accused Met marksman poses no immediate risk to life,...

Chris Kaba, 24, died when he was shot through the windscreen of a car.

Languages around the world have words for ‘this’ and ‘that’, study f...

Researchers studied more than 1,000 speakers of 29 different languages.

Patrick Vallance said Cummings’ Durham trip ‘clearly against lockdow...

The former chief scientist also said he and Professor Sir Chris Whitty felt ‘strong armed’ into appearing at a press conference, but they ‘got out’.

Mother whose baby died in prison awaits coroner’s decision on report

Aisha Cleary was born at HMP Bronzefield jail in Surrey in the early hours of September 27 2019, but died at 9.03am that day

Around 60,000 vehicles in London hit by daily Ulez fee

Transport for London has published a report on the impact of expanding the scheme.

Johnson aide ‘deeply sorry’ over BYOB party

Former principal private secretary Martin Reynolds appeared before the Covid-19 inquiry on Monday.

Crowdfunding for sacked police officers ‘quite shocking’, Bianca Wil...

Jonathan Clapham and Sam Franks were sacked over the stop and search of two athletes who said they were racially profiled.

Half-term communications gap under scrutiny as inquiry hears of Covi...

There was a 10-day period in February in which no notes on coronavirus were sent to Boris Johnson and no emergency Cobra meetings held.

Tech firms vow to tackle ‘shocking’ AI-generated child sex abuse ima...

Home Secretary Suella Braverman hosted an event to combat such ‘depraved’ material.

Suella Braverman hits out at pro-Palestinian ‘hate marches’

The Home Secretary criticised the thousands of people protesting in support of the Palestinian people after Hamas’s attack on Israel.

Think tank sets out alternative proposal to ‘impractical’ Rwanda sch...

The Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) believes that a more ‘humane’ response can be adopted to handle the rise in asylum seekers.

Labour MP describes Bibby Stockholm barge as a ‘recipe for disaster’

Lloyd Russell-Moyle said he was concerned after hearing that asylum seekers are being kept in ‘prison-like’ conditions.

Police marksman charged with Chris Kaba murder to be publicly named...

Recorder of London Mark Lucraft KC ruled on Monday that the Metropolitan Police marksman will be identified.

Trial to focus on finding treatments for ‘annual scourge’ of influen...

Flu can kill between 290,000 and 650,000 people globally each year, according to the World Health Organisation.