The last 24 hours of eye-wateringly expensive missile duelling over the Persian Gulf has made one point above all.

Hungary is blocking the European Union from providing Ukraine with a loan to help its war effort.

Changes to the student loans system quietly announced in the last budget have provoked a loud and angry response that has woken up Westminster to what anyone who did a degree in the 2010s, and their parents, already knew.

The government has said it will directly fund the clear-up of 48,000 tonnes of waste at illegal tips in the north of England, following criticism of a north-south divide on tackling waste crime.

Angela Rayner was "wrong" to stage a high-profile intervention criticising the direction of Sir Keir Starmer's government this week, Harriet Harman has said.

Nicola Sturgeon, the nationalist firebrand who dominated Scottish politics for almost a decade, has bowed out with an emotional valedictory speech.

Gerry Adams has said he came to London's High Court "to assert the legitimacy of the republican cause" and "reject the allegations" he was behind three IRA bombings.

A Russian warship and a sanctioned oil tanker was shadowed by a Royal Navy warship and helicopter for 48 hours in the English Channel.

The family of a 16-year-old who was killed after a car crashed into a river in Cambridgeshire has paid tribute, calling her the "kindest, most loving girl".

The selling of crossbows and hunting arrows will be banned under government plans following a series of violent attacks.