A private individual will pay for the repatriation of Alex Salmond’s body, the PA news agency understands. Mr Salmond died after suffering a heart attack in North Macedonia on Saturday, where he was ...

Downing Street has insisted the Government is “committed” to ending the use of asylum hotels amid claims the Home Office is considering reopening some previously closed by the Conservatives. Labour ...

A former British soldier accused of passing secret information to Iran could have put special forces personnel “at threat” when he covertly gathered their names, a court has heard.

Adam Smith-Connor was given a two-year conditional discharge and ordered to pay £9,000 in costs over the incident in Bournemouth in November 2022.

Gusts of wind could reach up to 80mph in parts of the UK at the weekend, with the Met Office warning of power cuts, damage to buildings and potential “danger to life” from flying debris.

The UK, along with France and Algeria, has called an urgent UN Security Council meeting to discuss the lack of aid entering northern Gaza.

Liberal Democrat MP Ben Maguire, who represent North Cornwall, argued that devolution is essential to unleashing Cornwall’s economic potential.

Former prime minister Rishi Sunak raised concerns over the implementation of the Foreign Influence Registration Scheme.

Describing the Bill’s introduction as a “bittersweet moment”, campaign group My Death, My Decision, said it was a “significant and long-awaited step” to “end the inhumane blanket ban on assisted dying ...

Inflation dropped below the Bank of England target rate last month for the first time since April 2021, the Office for National Statistics said.

Six people were taken to hospital after the incident on a residential street in the early hours of Wednesday morning.

The ruling came a day after the same judge ruled that county election officials must certify election results by the deadline set in law.