The UK asylum appeals backlog has almost doubled in a year to hit a new record high, the latest figures show. There were 80,333 cases in the system at the end of December, up from 41,987 at the same ...

Rion Elmstrom has appeared in Great Yarmouth Magistrates' Court after being accused of rape during his time as a college student.

Sir Keir Starmer said the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) would be looking at a judgment that a member of the group will not face a terror trial “very carefully”. Kneecap rapp ...

The disgraced peer was given £75,000 after being sacked as US ambassador over his ties to paedophile Jeffrey Epstein.

A Russian court has convicted 19 people of involvement in the 2024 shooting rampage in a Moscow concert hall that killed 149 people and wounded over 600 in one of the deadliest attacks in the capital ...

The First Minister said firms destroyed or forced to shut will be assisted, as will those impacted by ongoing access restrictions.

First Minister John Swinney told MSPs his own son was born on the day of the tragedy – the deadliest mass shooting in UK history.

The Foreign Secretary’s visit is the first to the region by a UK minister since the outbreak of war at the end of February.

Heating oil suppliers are to be investigated by the competition watchdog after concerns that firms are "blatantly profiteering" on ...

Package holiday firm On the Beach has flagged a sharp drop in people booking trips to destinations including Turkey, Greece and Cyprus following conflict in the Middle East. The travel group said it ...

NHS England has published its latest monthly performance data for waiting times, A&E treatment and other targets, as well as its weekly snapshot of pressures on hospitals, including patients with ...

The Bank of England said the change to wildlife imagery creates an opportunity to celebrate another important aspect of the nation.