Ministers are going to “have to work harder” to bring down small boat crossings, a member of Sir Keir Starmer’s Cabinet has said amid record numbers in the first half of this year.

Hamas has suggested it is open to a ceasefire agreement with Israel but insisted on its longstanding position that any deal must bring an end to the war in Gaza.

The King and Queen are set to carry out a number of engagements as Royal Week continues in Scotland. Charles and Camilla will begin Wednesday with engagements in Kirkcaldy in Fife, including marking ...

Ryanair has said it cancelled more than 800 flights last month due to the conflict in the Middle East. The Irish airliner is among those to have cancelled and rerouted flights amid the conflict ...

LONG-RUNNING Winchester Chinese restaurant, MR SO has closed for unknown reasons. The Chinese restaurant and takeaway in Jewry Street shut around two months ago, issuing no warning or explanation to ...

The developers behind the most controversial planning proposal in Winchester in recent memory have issued an appeal against the city council.

MPs had warned in May that Karen Kneller’s position at the Criminal Cases Review Commission was untenable amid heavy criticism of the body.

Peter Murrell, the former SNP chief executive who is Nicola Sturgeon’s estranged husband, has been granted legal aid. Murrell, who faces a charge of embezzlement, has had an application for solemn ...

There will be “financial consequences” to Sir Keir Starmer’s last-minute climbdown on welfare reform, a Cabinet minister has said, as he declined to rule out tax rises. Pat McFadden said that ...

US media group Paramount has agreed to pay 16 million dollars (£11 million) to settle a lawsuit filed by Donald Trump over the editing of an interview with then-vice president Kamala Harris.

Energy watchdog Ofgem has launched an investigation after a report found a fire that caused the shutdown of Heathrow Airport was due to a preventable technical fault.

The heatwave has hit sales at bakery chain Greggs as it warned over full-year earnings after seeing less demand for its hot food in recent searing temperatures. The group said fewer customers passed ...