Former defence minister Al Carns has ruled out standing in the Labour leadership contest, leaving Andy Burnham as the clear favourite to succeed Keir Starmer as both Labour leader and prime minister. After…

Nigel Farage has announced his resignation as MP for Clacton and intends to contest the resulting by-election, describing it as an opportunity for voters to judge him directly while he remains under investigation…

Police are investigating the deaths of a mother and her two daughters after their bodies were discovered at their home in Great Denham, Bedfordshire. The victims, Nothabo Zandile Tshuma, 42, Natalie, 15, and…

The Government is preparing to change immigration law to enable the deportation of Shabir Ahmed, a convicted Rochdale grooming gang leader who was released from prison after serving 14 years for multiple rape…

The first authorised weight loss tablet has become available through selected UK pharmacies, marking a significant development in the treatment of obesity. Approved by the medicines regulator, the oral version of Wegovy offers…

More than seventy years after her execution, Ruth Ellis, the last woman to be hanged in the UK, has been granted a posthumous conditional pardon by King Charles III on government advice. She…

Andy Burnham is on the verge of becoming Britain’s next prime minister as nominations for Labour’s leadership contest open on 9 July. Currently the only declared candidate, he holds the backing of well…

The Government has announced plans to criminalise conversion therapy, with proposed penalties of up to five years in prison and an unlimited fine. The legislation would formally define abusive conversion practices and introduce…

A BBC investigation has found a convicted people smuggler, described by French prosecutors as 'the godfather' of the Dunkirk migrant camps, living in Leicestershire and claiming asylum. Twana Jamal, an Iraqi Kurd, received…

Jeffrey Donaldson, former leader of Northern Ireland’s Democratic Unionist Party and one of its longest-serving MPs, has been found guilty at Newry Crown Court of historic child sexual offences against two victims. The…