Foreign Secretary Liz Truss will use a speech to urge Nato to answer calls for heavier armaments.

A report finds "no-go areas" for staff and says jails must not provide opportunities for militants.

Two journalists were summoned by Sir Lindsay Hoyle to discuss an article about Labour's deputy leader.

Leaving devices on standby costs the average household two monthly electric bills, research suggests.

There is a “chronic under-appreciation” of the potential of the countryside, says a new report.

A joint investigation by the BBC and the Guardian has uncovered allegations of unwanted sexual behaviour and touching.

Five things you need to know about the coronavirus pandemic this Wednesday morning.

The Trussell Trust charity expects food poverty to worsen in the UK as the cost of living crisis deepens.

Five-fold variation seen between areas with highest and lowest rates, government data shows.

The company says new healthy food rules fail to consider the nutritional value of milk added to cereals.

More research to examine the sex-related differences in asthma is needed, says Asthma and Lung UK.

The company's Spirit of Britain ferry departed Dover just after 23:00 BST on Tuesday.

Local elections in England, Wales and Scotland, and a general election in Northern Ireland, will happen on 5 May.

Voters are choosing councillors in England, Scotland and Wales, and a government in Northern Ireland.

National elections in Northern Ireland and local elections in the rest of the UK happen on 5 May 2022.

Your introduction to the local council elections taking place on 5 May.

Parties make pledges but the nature of Northern Ireland's government means they're harder to honour.

Elections in England this year will reflect voters' views on the cost-of-living crisis, says the BBC's Alex Forsyth.

The party has adopted new approaches under Doug Beattie in a bid to win over voters.

In May 1972 five children were killed when the Big Dipper in Battersea Park crashed.

First-time voter James Lamb is a descendant of one of 200 men who walked 300 miles for jobs.

Conchita Wurst won the Eurovision Song Contest in 2014. How does she rate Sam Ryder's chances?

The photos of stars and galaxies were mainly taken from his back garden for a university project.

Jess Insall, 19, collapsed in a Glasgow pub and woke up with no recollection of what had happened.

Claims about Angela Rayner have been dismissed as sexist, but is it a sign of a wider problem in Westminster?

Queen's University researchers find daydreaming is inevitable but can affect the ability to learn.

The Nationality and Borders Bill, currently being debated in Parliament, has sparked controversy.

Paris Fury tells how her husband predicted his stellar boxing achievements when they were teenagers.

A disabled Ukrainian teenager has been stuck in Paris for six weeks without a UK visa.

Rockit was invented when new dad Nick Webb struggled to settle his daughter Abby.

Joel Remy-Parkes of kids tableware company Bamboo Bamboo shares his business advice for CEO Secrets.

The armed forces secretary voices his anger at an unnamed Tory source over a story about Angela Rayner.

Shadow chancellor Rachel Reeves shares her experiences of misogyny while working in politics.

A Hare Krishna community that calls an island in County Fermanagh its home, is beginning to grow.

Harold Messam attends the weekly 5k event, which he completes in under an hour.

The funeral of Harry Billinge, who raised £50,000 for a D-Day memorial in Arromanches, takes place next week.

Sexual misconduct claims against DJ Tim Westwood and calls for help to cut household costs lead the papers.

A man is arrested on suspicion of murdering Katie Kenyon, who has been missing since Friday.

Better understanding of the link between hormone changes and asthma is needed, a charity says.

The European Causeway, which can carry 410 passengers, spent hours adrift off the coast of Larne.

The bereaved family of taxi driver Barney McDonald are pleading for new information 20 years after his murder.

Meera Naran, whose son died in a motorway crash, wants new safety legislation to be called Dev's Law.