The actor and director Sir Mark Rylance has lent his support to a new project, which helps young people from disadvantaged backgrounds to perform Shakespeare. The Intermission Youth theatre charity aims to make the Bard’s work relevant to moder...

The UK’s independent election watchdog has warned the government of its “significant concerns” about the delivery of new plans to overhaul the electoral system. In a letter sent to Ministers over the summer – but revealed toda...

A former lady in waiting to Queen Elizabeth, has resigned after being accused of racist remarks at an event in Buckingham palace for a domestic abuse charity. Mandu Reid, the leader of the Women’s Equality Party witnessed the whole exchange at ...

A  former lady in waiting to Queen Elizabeth, has resigned as a Lady of the Household and apologised, after she made what the palace said were “unacceptable and deeply regrettable comments” by repeatedly asking a prominent Black charity ...

As police cells are requested to hold prisoners, we spoke with the Chief Inspector of Prisons, Charlie Taylor, about how bad things really are in prisons right now.

Ministers have revealed that they’ve been forced to make an urgent request to use four hundred police cells to hold prisoners. The Justice Minister pinned the blame on the impact of the pandemic and the barristers’ strike but Labour calle...

We were joined by Oliver Coppard, who’s Mayor of South Yorkshire and was at talks with the Transport secretary.

Mayors from across northern England say they’ve had positive talks with the Transport Secretary over the chaos in the region’s rail services, but they’re now calling for concrete action to improve things. The mayors said the ‘...

We speak to the digital minister Paul Scully, who oversees online safety issues.

For the first time since records began - less than half the population in England and Wales now identify as Christian.

Up to 100,000 nursing staff across England, Wales and Northern Ireland will take part in their biggest ever nationwide strikes over two days next month - as the Royal College of Nursing gave details of where the industrial action will take place.

Neil Basu was in charge of some of Britain's biggest policing operations of the last decade.

Dredging to create the UK's biggest Freeport on Teesside could wipe out yet more sea life along the coast of North East England, according to marine experts.

Rishi Sunak will give his first major foreign policy speech since he became Prime Minister, calling for a "robust pragmatism" towards China and Russia.

Today marks a new chapter in the history of the Benin bronzes - cultural artefacts looted from West Africa by British soldiers in 1897.