Daniel Khalife was taken on a month-long trip to Iran to bring him “down to earth” when he was a badly behaved teenager, a court has heard. The 23-year-old, who joined the Army to escape his “very ...

A key target for cutting long waits for hospital treatment has been missed and A&E times have got longer, though the overall number of patients on the waiting list has fallen. The waiting list for ...

A programme of Christmas shows, comedy and winter craft workshops opens next month to kick off the 20th anniversary year of Barnet’s Artsdepot cultural hub. This mix of culture and traditional ...

Sir Keir Starmer has said the arrest of a 44-year-old Turkish man suspected of being a supplier of small boats was a “significant piece of the jigsaw” in tackling Channel migrant crossings but “I’m ...

The average cost of a building job is now £12,634 due to the higher cost of labour and materials, up from £10,626 in July to September.

Commons Leader Lucy Powell said the committee stage for the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill would likely last for ‘several weeks’.

Council tax rises will help ensure local authorities are funded next year, a minister has said as he rejected Tory claims of a £2.4 billion “black hole”. Communities minister Matthew Pennycook said ...

A 34-year-old man has been charged with two counts of possession of an offensive weapon after reports of a person carrying knives outside Parliament.

A man who went missing from a mental health facility in Ilford has been spotted in Lewisham, according to police.

John Lewis has released a memory-strewn tear-jerker, following a woman frantically buying a last-minute gift for her sister, for its highly-anticipated Christmas advert.

Police are appealing for help in finding a man in connection with a sexual assault in Leicester Square. At around 2.30am on April 26, the victim was in a nightclub on Lisle Street. The woman, aged in ...

Strawberry Hill, a farm left to nature decades ago that is now home to rare nightingales and turtledoves, has been bought by ...