The RSPCA has called for a total ban on keeping monkeys as pets

Members reportedly pay £250,000 for regular chats with PM and chancellor

‘Twenty years of failed geo-strategy’: Retired army chief rues Western ‘defeat’

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Helicopters rescued people from at least four yachts off the Isles of Scilly

Secret cameras found birds panting, crippled and resorting to cannibalism, vegan charity says

Government urged to give local authorities more powers to build housing

Conservatives could lose up to 16 seats in the south and east of England

Education Secretary Gavin Williamson said the subject was not ‘for the privileged few’

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Lord Grade and Sir Michael Lyons said that the lack of live Tokyo 2020 events broadcast by the BBC is ‘disappointing’

The hike in gas and electricity costs will affect 15 million households in the UK

Almost 2m jobs still supported by emergency scheme, due to close at end of September

The warning comes before a decision is made on Grant Shapps’ plans to to build a £1.7bn dual carriageway tunnel under the ancient Stonehenge monument in Wiltshire

But barriers cut risk from larger droplets when people are face-to-face and close, experts say

‘Parliament did not give the home secretary power’ to stop notifying people they are no longer British by law, judge says

Police say driver was going ‘so fast she missed the services’

On average, homosexual and bisexual men in Europe, Australia and North America earn around seven percent less than their heterosexual counterparts

Unions lead backlash after minister claims ‘good idea’ for companies to insist staff are double-jabbed

‘We are out of time’: insider warns of lack of urgency

‘We would urge the victim to make contact with us’ said Hertfordshire Police

East London MP described herself in court as domestic abuse survivor forced to flee family home

Former prime minister took on paid role with US genomics firm in 2018

Labour’s Angela Rayner accuses Boris Johnson of opposing flexible working to please donors

Labour wants government to end ‘chaos’ and bring date forward

Labour MP says cross-party group found 56 migrants packed in small room with mattresses

The circus said it’s ‘shaken and saddened’ by the accident

A second man pleaded not guilty to the same charge

The sense among many is that, UN-recognition or not, this is a city that prizes its past as the one-time unofficial second city of the British empire. By Colin Drury in Liverpool

Women explain how the late singer overhauled their lives 10 years on from her death

Arla, UK’s biggest dairy supplier, was unable to deliver to hundreds of stores last week

The Kremlin has accused the UK of acting in an 'unprincipled and unfriendly' way amid deteriorating relations

The Essex-based celebrity is accused of posting a sex video to porn websites without consent

Alexander’s parents described him as “a wonderful son, brother, uncle, grandson, to all those who knew and loved him.”

21-year-old says she’s ‘bewildered and scared’ after incident

The UK’s electric car supply chain is too vulnerable to Chinese influence, some senior Conservatives believe

Security guard Steve Bouquet locked up for five years after killing nine cats and injuring seven others

A 29-year-old woman has been charged with the murder of an eight-month old boy and the attempted murder of a young child in Belfast.

Changes will see those on foot given right of way at zebra crossings and junctions

The number of drug deaths has risen for the seventh year in a row

Transport secretary says he expects UK firms will require employees to be double-jabbed

Lib Dems demand recall of parliament so MPs can debate ‘new ID card snuck onto our phones’

British lawmakers say they found “shocking conditions” at a facility for people arriving in England on small boats

France has ‘much higher level’ of Beta variant that UK, says transport minister