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Police and emergency services descend on usually quiet village over fatal incident

Tory backbencher is second MP to be killed in office in just five years

Tributes paid to Leigh-on-Sea veteran politician as man arrested on suspicion of murder

Senior MP calls for Speaker’s Conference to address safety of elected representatives

Early investigations suggest a potential link to Islamist extremism, according to the Metropolitan Police

Suspect, 25, is believed to be a British national of Somali origin, and remains in custody

RAC does not believe the price rises are linked to fuel panic-buying

Lewis Skelton was shot twice while carrying an axe through Hull in 2016

Attack is chilling reminder of assaults on Jo Cox and other MPs at constituency surgeries

Southend MP was ‘one of kindest, nicest, most gentle’ in politics, says Boris Johnson

‘This is so completely unjust’ says Carrie Johnson, as MPs across political spectrum hail his compassion

All police forces ordered to assess safety measures

Precarious balance must be struck between safety and openness to public

‘I am shocked, I am saddened and the world grieves’

Former shadow chancellor says measure will ‘relieve major pressures on household budgets this Christmas’

Crime was characterised by ‘utter brutality, extreme and sustained violence’, says judge

Verdict is the most significant moment since the Hunting Act came in, say anti-bloodsport campaigners, as National Trust ponders next move

Emergency services investigating cause of blast

Politician from a humble background tirelessly campaigned for his constituents

Brexit minister warns ‘big gap’ remains between Brussels and London over proposals

Concerns that powers enabling home secretary to ‘blackmail’ countries into accepting returns could provoke tit-for-tat visa suspensions targeting British citizens

Police have arrested a man on suspicion of murder after MP attacked inside church

Conservative championed constituency surgeries as part of ‘great British tradition of people openly meeting their elected politicians’

Police say they regret taking more than a year to examine the killer’s laptop

Campaigners have called for an amendment to the policing bill, to extend the six-month time limit for reporting domestic violence to two years.

Statue taken from Benin City in 1897 and will be handed to Nigeria this month in first institutional return of its kind

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Microsoft vice president Jacky Wright ‘honoured’ to top 2022 Powerlist

CBD oil – which is not psychoactive – is legal in Britain but not in UAE

Victim ‘approached by man wearing a yellow hi-vis jacket, who took her to an adjacent area off the road and searched her clothing before cycling off’

Carbon-fuelled central heating systems face ban in drive for zero emissions

The Brexit brawl has kicked into high gear, almost a year after a deal on a free trade agreement was supposed to have officially sealed the separation between the European Union and the United Kingdom

The European Union has reiterated that anti-Semitism “has no place” in the 27-nation bloc

Britain struggling to access labour after quitting one of world’s big economic powers, says finance chief

‘Incel culture played a huge role in his murderous decisions,’ says Charlotte Proudman during an exclusive virtual event held by The Independent

80 per cent of victims and perpetrators of gang-related murders in London are black or ethnic minority, the report says

Incident results in long tailbacks and warnings to drivers to avoid area

Underground partially revives late-running trains on Fridays and Saturdays after calls from activists for restoration to protect women travelling home

Exclusive: ‘This has been a long negotiation since August’ says source close to operation

Elizabeth II says ‘they talk, but they don’t do’ while discussing summit

Former Labour leader attacks ‘weak politicians’

Road Haulage Association says ‘pathetic’ changes will undercut British drivers

John Kercher died last year at Croydon University Hospital