‘We can’t carry on like this’: Home secretary speaks out on ‘cruel’ comments directed at elected representatives

Follow the latest updates as police continue to question murder suspect

Kosovo is holding municipal elections, with the left-wing governing party aiming to capture the city hall in the capital, Pristina

Residents reckon life is being ruined by a constant whirring sound – but it places them on front line of puzzling modern phenomenon

British man aged 25 ‘was previously referred to anti-extremism Prevent scheme’

Big support for policy of spreading prosperity, but many believe it will never happen

Source warns of fears UK will ramp up Brexit demands until agreement is ‘impossible’

Zaghari-Ratcliffe was taking her daughter to visit her family when she was arrested and was sentenced to five years in prison

Four Wakefield members receive chilling notes calling Islam dangerous

David Young appearing in court over incident in which youngster was searched by man in hi-viz jacket

Police say they have enough evidence to connect 59-year-old man to wife’s death

The party is set to follow the principle established after Jo Cox’s murder in 2016, when the major parties refused to select candidates in the subsequent Batley and Spen by-election.

Attack in place of sanctuary is ‘reprehensible’ says reverend as mosques condemn ‘indefensible atrocity’

MPs must not be ‘cowed’ by threat of violence, says home secretary as debate rages over security

Estimates show the rate of infection is nearing the peak seen in the second wave last winter.

Exclusive: Priti Patel’s claims ‘activist lawyers’ disrupt process contradicted by claim deportees denied access to justice

The central bank is in an increasingly tight spot, penned in by rising prices and weakening growth, writes Anna Isaac

Plea for change to policing bill in wake of deaths of Sarah Everard and Sabina Nessa

The judge has put forward the brave passer-by for formal recognition.

Anti-poverty campaigners protested over his role in blocking vaccines for developing world

‘She came home and said “I don’t want you to do it any more because the next time that phone goes, it could be a different conversation”’

An investigation has been launched into the cause of the blast

Paedophile sought ‘employment and other opportunities that granted him access to children’

Suspect to appear in court on Saturday

A devoted politician from a humble background who tirelessly campaigned for his constituents

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

Home secretary has ordered a police review of MPs’ safety in their constituencies

Leaders from across the political spectrum have come together to pay tribute to a long-serving British lawmaker who was stabbed to death in what police have described as a terrorist incident

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