Sir Stephen Watson labelled the reports ‘intolerable’ and ‘sickeningly distasteful’

Around 430,000 people are affected by a child going missing each year. Already living through a nightmare, several of them will also have to face online harassment and abuse

Landmark planning bill passes as government plans to speed up ‘sluggish’ system

A burglar was caught in the middle of break-in after he left Red Bull cans at the scenes of his other crimes.

Home secretary Shabana Mahmood has axed the refugee family reunion visa route - with loved ones only able to come to the UK if the sponsor is on a work or study visas

This Christmas could be the busiest on record for UK roads

He suggested AI’s potential to improve the nation’s economy was ‘pretty substantial’

It comes amid fears that thousands of confidential documents and data had been retrieved in a data breach two months ago

A man in his 40s has been arrested

There has been growing speculation that Angela Rayner is preparing to challenge the prime minister, amid devastating approval ratings and growing concern over the direction of the Labour government

Laura Crane rode what she described as ‘one of the most perfect big waves’ in Portugal on Saturday

‘The death of my dad felt incomprehensible... I felt disoriented, sad, and completely out of my depth’

The threshold for a ‘white Christmas’ requires just a single snowflake to be observed falling on Christmas Day, anywhere in the UK, say the Met Office

The Bank of England has cut the base rate to 3.75 per cent, the lowest level in three years

Heartburn is a burning caused by stomach acid travelling up towards the throat, also known as acid reflux

Those on hunger strikes have been denied bail and are due to go on trial next year at the earliest

The GMB publicised its findings on the last Friday before Christmas, one of the busiest nights of the year for ambulance and hospital workers

It was claimed that Reform UK had overspent on Farage’s general election campaign in 2024

PM has turned to one of the UK’s most respected diplomats to replace Lord Mandelson in Washington DC

Jess Phillips promises ‘change is coming’ as long-awaited violence against women and girls strategy is published

The HMP Bronzefield hunger strikes have been cited as “the biggest coordinated prison hunger strike’ in the UK in almost 40 years

Prime minister Keir Starmer has hailed the rate cut with around 533,000 homeowner tracker mortgages outstanding in June 2025

The 70-year-old was due to appear at Oxford Magistrates’ Court on Thursday

In a ruling, Insolvency and Companies Court Judge Sebastian Prentis placed the company into liquidation

PM challenged on Loose Women over reaction to derogatory language used by Trump to a female journalist

After the welfare rebellion before the summer, the PM has a new challenge to his authority on court reform

Millions of households will receive a discount to their energy bills this year

Louis Ssekabira told teachers he had found the details on a laptop bought from Gumtree, a professional misconduct hearing was told

Police stopped a driver who was driving whilst balancing a sofa on the top of their car in Leeds.

Peter Cushing OBE became a national treasure due to numerous appearances in Hammer horror films

It comes after the Met Police and Manchester Police announced on Wednesday that anyone chanting controversial slogans such as ‘globalise the intifada’ would face arrest

CCTV footage captures the moment that a paid assassin shot a man outside a pub on Hogmanay.

Sierra Leone, which has one of the world’s highest maternal mortality rates, is losing tens of millions in grants for maternal and newborn health

The protest group was proscribed under terror laws in July, a move that has been heavily criticised

The new photo features Prince George, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis together

Police earlier warned anyone using the chant would be arrested as ‘context has changed’ after Bondi terror attack

The inheritance tax changes – dubbed the ‘tractor tax’ or ‘family farm tax’ – have been described as ‘an extraordinary betrayal’

Labour’s plan ensures an inheritance tax of 20 per cent is imposed on farmers’ agricultural assets worth more than £1 million

Watch live as family members of Palestine Action protesters who are on hunger strike hold a press conference on Thursday (18 December).

Research saw more elves being paid the National Living Wage this year

Our community is divided over resident doctors’ pre-Christmas strike, with some condemning its timing amid record flu cases as dangerous and self-indulgent, while others defend it as a justified response to years of pay erosion and NHS underfunding...

A teenage boy, who cannot be named for legal reasons, has been charged with the murder of Aria Thorpe

Many Labour MPs are reportedly bracing for the worst at the upcoming elections

The flagship £36m strategy will finally be unveiled 18 months after Labour was elected with a manifesto promise to halve violence against women and girls within a decade

More than 80,000 vehicles stolen between January and September this year, according to new data