In the end, the first drop of the Mandelson files contained neither a smoking gun nor bombshell revelation.

A drone is circling in the skies above Zaki Ramadan when he takes my call. As a humanitarian worker in Sudan's southeastern Blue Nile state, he is helplessly watching aid dwindle and civilians be killed by the meteoric rise in drone strikes.

The Oscars celebrate the craft and creative excellence behind the best movies of the year – but the red carpet ahead of the ceremony is quite a different matter.

Tech companies have been warned to protect young people online after MPs voted down a blanket social media ban for under-16s.

A committee of MPs is launching an inquiry into the student loan system and whether it's fair for graduates

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A woman has been sentenced to four-and-a-half years in prison after falsely accusing 10 men of raping her.

A man charged with murdering Soham child killer Ian Huntley has appeared in court.

A UK man has been told to prepare himself for prison after admitting to goading a "vulnerable" US citizen into shooting himself over a video call.

A Brazilian academic who went missing about a week ago while visiting the UK may have taken a boat from an Essex boatyard, police have said.