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Foie gras should be banned from Parliament’s menus as symbolic gestu...

Conservative MP Giles Watling said he would raise the symbolic ban on the controversial food with Commons Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle.

Coffey on Storm Babet: UK finds it harder to predict rainfall from t...

The Environment Secretary has promised a ‘rapid review’ into the handling of Storm Babet.

UK should commit to phasing out fossil fuels, says Danish climate mi...

The Government declined to join the group when it was formed after the Glasgow climate talks two years ago.

Nearly all schools in Glasgow will close due to Unison strike next w...

Schools run by Inverclyde Council, East Renfrewshire Council, Renfrewshire Council and Glasgow City Council, will all be impacted by strike action.

AI safety is priority for the UK, Tech Secretary says

Michelle Donelan was speaking ahead of the UK hosting the first AI Safety Summit next week.

National debate on sentencing needed ‘to correct dysfunctional conve...

The call comes from the cross-party Justice Committee in a new 61-page report, which calls for serious engagement with the public by the Government.

Funeral held for police officer who died after being hit by a train

Sergeant Graham Saville died in August after being hit by a train in Nottinghamshire.

Family ‘absolutely devastated’ at death of man whose car was swept a...

Peter Pelling was from Arbroath in Angus.

Royal honours system is a ‘patriarchal heteronormative relic’, says...

Sir Ben Bradshaw was given a knighthood for political and public service.

Ireland has no plans to expel Israeli ambassador, Varadkar insists

The Taoiseach said ambassadors facilitated important lines of communications between countries.

Home Office kicking asylum seekers out of hotels with one week’s not...

Stella Creasy said ‘no assistance’ is being provided, leading them to resort to local homeless shelters.

Man accused of being driver in murder was ‘lied to’ by gunman, court...

Environmental health officer Ashley Dale, 28, was shot with a Skorpion machine pistol at home in Old Swan, Liverpool.

Women’s campaigners warn of safety risks from NHS app medical record...

Refuge said it is disappointed that the Government and NHS England have not fully addressed the risk to domestic abuse survivors.

Mark Cavendish robbery – man goes on trial after handing himself int...

The trial is estimated to last around one week.

King views photo of site where mother became Queen during Kenyan dia...

The then Princess Elizabeth and husband Philip were staying at Treetops, a lodge deep in Aberdare National Park, when King George VI died.

Driver failed to brake early enough before Salisbury train crash, re...

Low wheel and rail adhesion and insufficient braking systems were listed as other causes of the accident.

Cash for mental health support ‘will benefit thousands of youngsters...

The Government is to spend nearly £5 million expanding services for young people.

Killer took dead man’s identity as he hid from justice for 40 years,...

Paul Bryan finally arrested for the 1984 murder of Roman Szalajko as he stepped off a plane from Portugal at Stansted Airport last November.

Yousaf’s mother-in-law has ‘lost hope’ as FM makes emotional stateme...

The First Minister repeatedly fought back tears as he spoke in Holyrood on Tuesday.

Headteacher says MBE is ‘recognition for the whole of the Ukrainian...

Inna Hryhorovych helped mould St Mary’s Ukrainian School into a place providing education and a caring environment to displaced Ukrainian children.