Of the 55,008 knife crime offences in England and Wales in the year to September 2024, 30% (16,521) were recorded by the Metropolitan Police, 9% (4,930) by West Midlands Police, 6% (3,427) by Greater ...

Broadcaster Sally Magnusson is to step down from presenting BBC Scotland’s flagship news programme, Reporting Scotland, after 27 years. She began presenting the show in 1998, when it was broadcast ...

The Work and Pensions Secretary, who will set out sweeping reforms to sickness and disability benefits in the spring, said more people needed to be moved off welfare and into jobs. Ms Kendall blamed ...

The Bishop of Liverpool has resigned after allegations of sexual assault and harassment were made against him. The Right Reverend Dr John Perumbalath said he had decided to retire without any ...

Sebastian Coe has said the Olympic movement is central to his identity and his life after making his pitch to be International Olympic Committee president to the organisation’s members in Lausanne on ...

Jurors were visibly upset as they were shown footage of a Chinese PhD student allegedly raping a woman. One member of the jury was in tears as two 10 minute clips were played at Inner London Crown ...

A Labour MP has called for Heathrow airport to be renamed after Queen Elizabeth II to mark a century since her birth. Adam Jogee (Newcastle-under-Lyme) said his proposal would be an suitable way of ...

Providers delivering franchised higher education courses in England face tighter controls in a bid to crack down on “rogue operators who misuse public money”, the Government has announced.

At least 28 bodies were pulled from the Potomac River in Washington DC after an American Airlines passenger jet collided with ...

Conservative whip Joy Morrissey urged the Government to ‘be bold’ and reinstate universal winter fuel payments.

A world-first genetic warning system for future pandemics and emerging diseases has been launched in the UK. The surveillance programme, run by the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA), will see experts ...

Downing Street has condemned a Russian arrest warrant issued for a UK journalist, calling it an example of “desperate rhetoric” from Vladimir Putin’s administration. A court in Russia’s Kursk border ...