The BBC’s director of music Lorna Clarke has stepped back from her day-to-day duties after controversy over the broadcaster’s decision to show punk duo Bob Vylan’s Glastonbury Festival set live, ...

Everyone who arrives in the UK on a small boat where a child has died should face prosecution, the Home Secretary has said. Yvette Cooper told BBC Radio 4’s Today programme it was “totally appalling” ...

In her announcement of a new political party, Ms Sultana accused the Labour Government of failing to improve people’s lives, and claimed it “wants to make disabled people suffer” in reference to ...

The UK competition watchdog has said it is investigating the proposed takeover of NHS landlord Assura. Last month, rival healthcare property firm PHP (Primary Health Properties) put forward a fourth ...

The Public Accounts Committee said the Home Office had not analysed exit checks since the skilled worker visa route was introduced in 2020.

Police have arrested almost 2,000 people in a week-long crackdown on county lines drug networks, the National Police Chiefs’ Council (NPCC) said. Forces across the country made 1,965 arrests, shut ...

Thousands of tourists, hotel workers and residents have been evacuated from the Ierapetra area on Crete’s southern coast.

People could soon get their NHS weight-loss jabs via shopping centres, a new health plan suggests, after the Health Secretary ...

Bridget Phillipson will decry ‘a national scandal’ when she speaks at a Government regional improvement conference on Friday.

More than 500 towns across England and Wales have signed up to the Home Office’s safer streets summer initiative, which will run to September 30 ...

Sir Keir Starmer said he has a good relationship with US President Donald Trump because they both “care about family”. The Prime Minister told the BBC Radio 4 podcast Political Thinking With Nick ...

Mourners are to gather to honour Liverpool footballer Diogo Jota at a wake in Portugal on Friday morning, a local parish priest has said. The 28-year-old father of three, who had married his long-term ...