General news

Number of lone child asylum seekers in England rises by almost a thi...

Unaccompanied child asylum seekers are separated from both parents or any other responsible adult.

Killer offers to return to UK to show woman where he buried her moth...

Muriel McKay was kidnapped and held ransom for £1 million by a pair who had mistaken her for Anna Murdoch, then-wife of media mogul Rupert Murdoch.

Air cleaning systems will not stop people getting ill, study finds

Researchers pooled data from 32 global studies published between 1970 and 2022.

Three charged after Stone of Destiny targeted in protest

Some damage was caused to the protective glass housing the stone within Edinburgh Castle.

Liz Truss will have chance to bring forward law change from Commons...

The Conservative former prime minister was among 20 MPs selected to bring forward private members bills.

Labour seeks to portray ‘unity’ after Starmer suffers major rebellio...

Jess Phillips was among the shadow ministers returning to the backbenches so they could back a ceasefire.

Cleverly: Government will look at new powers to protect war memorial...

Former Royal Artillery officer James Cleverly spoke out after protesters clambered on his regiment’s memorial.

Yvette Cooper warns against ‘spiral of disrespect’ between ministers...

Ms Cooper called the attacks by former home secretary Suella Braverman on the Metropolitan Police last week ‘a disgrace’.

Burberry shares dive as it reveals hit from luxury spending slowdown

The group said a pull-back in spending among high-end shoppers is knocking sales, which may see it miss full-year sales and earnings guidance.

Ministers ‘determined’ to get Rwanda removal flight off before the e...

Home Secretary James Cleverly said a new treaty with Kigali could be ratified by Parliament in days rather than weeks.

World-first gene therapy for inherited blood disorders approved in U...

The treatment is the first to be licensed using the gene-editing tool known as Crispr, for which its inventors were awarded the Nobel prize in 2020.

Cameron visits Ukraine in new role as Foreign Secretary

Ukraine’s president Volodymyr Zelensky said the pair had a ‘good meeting’.

Man found dead in field had gunshot wound

Timothy Macdonald’s death is being linked to an incident where a second man died on the A52.

Priti Patel: ‘Vocal minority’ celebrating Supreme Court’s Rwanda rul...

The former Home Secretary said the ‘weight of public opinion’ remains behind Government policy.

Law enforcement on class B and C drugs ‘pathetically weak for years’...

Alison Hernandez, Conservative PCC for Devon and Cornwall, said too much focus is placed on deaths from class A drugs such as heroin.

Antisemitism and Islamophobia ‘major drivers’ of hate crime, equalit...

The Equality and Human Rights Monitor report is produced for Parliament every five years.

What the papers say – November 16

The fallout from the Supreme Court’s ruling on the Government’s Rwanda policy dominates Thursday’s front pages.

Police say no laws broken as protesters climb on war memorial

People were ordered off the Royal Artillery Memorial at Hyde Park Corner after a demonstration outside the Houses of Parliament.

The senior Labour MPs who broke ranks to call for a ceasefire in Gaz...

The PA news agency looks at those who defied Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer.

Starmer loses eight frontbenchers in major rebellion over Gaza cease...

High-profile shadow minister Jess Phillips joined several colleagues in leaving the front bench following the Commons vote.