Sir Keir Starmer faces a growing backbench rebellion over cuts to a disability benefit, Labour MPs have indicated after the party lost almost 200 council seats in England last week. One of the party’s ...

Germany’s new government plans to station more police at the border to curb illegal migration and even turn away some of the asylum seekers trying to enter Europe’s biggest economy, the new interior ...

The timing of a Google search for quicklime on a seized laptop is “extremely important”, the trial of a man accused of murdering his wife has heard. The trial of Richard Satchwell, who is accused of ...

The jury in the sex trafficking trial of music mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs is not expected to be finalised until Friday, two days later than expected. Judge Arun Subramanian granted a request by lawyers ...

Maro Itoje is expected to be named the first English captain of the British and Irish Lions since Martin Johnson in 2001 when the squad for this summer’s tour to Australia is announced on Thursday.

A 98-year-old wartime entertainer has recalled how her Army driver, the future James Bond actor Roger Moore, used to hitchhike across Germany to visit her during the Second World War. Hazel Kaye, who ...

The Government has announced plans to replace passwords as the way to access Gov.UK, its digital services platform for the public. In contrast to using a password and then an additional text message ...

Britain’s new trade deal with India will make a “massive difference” to the whisky industry in Scotland, the UK Chancellor has said. Rachel Reeves said the agreement would help put “more money in ...

Some victims of the infected blood scandal will die before they receive compensation and the current number of people who have received a payout is “unsatisfactory”, the Government has admitted.

Ireland’s national broadcaster RTE has asked the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) for a “discussion” on Israel’s inclusion in the Eurovision Song Contest. Director general Kevin Bakhurst said he was ...

Disney will build its seventh theme park, this one in the United Arab Emirates, the entertainment company said on Wednesday. The waterfront resort will be built on Yas Island on the outskirts of Abu ...

Comic Relief co-founders Sir Lenny Henry and Richard Curtis have said they feel “deeply honoured” to accept a philanthropy award recognising the charity’s efforts to address inequality and poverty.