A former police sergeant has appeared in court charged with striking and injuring a man during an arrest. The ex-officer, who can now be named as Paul Street following submissions from the PA news ...

A new study will give elderly people slush to drink to see if it can help stave off heat-related illnesses like heatstroke. Experts from the University of Brighton will explore if the “very simple ...

Mike Peters, frontman of Welsh band The Alarm, has died from blood cancer aged 66. The rock star, who was forced to cancel a US tour last year after being diagnosed with fast-growing lymphoma, had ...

The Duchess of Sussex has spoken of her “fear of failure” and said she was given business advice by Oprah Winfrey, amid growing controversy over use of her HRH style. Meghan, in her latest podcast, ...

Cabinet ministers have continued talks with the EU’s trade commissioner amid leaks of a mooted UK-EU agreement on “free and open trade” in the face of Donald Trump’s tariffs. Business Secretary ...

A jury has been sworn in for a defamation case brought by former Sinn Fein president Gerry Adams against the BBC. Beginning proceedings at Dublin High Court on Tuesday, Mr Justice Alexander Owens said ...

Two men went on a “moronic mission” to fell the famous Sycamore Gap tree in an act of “mindless vandalism” which they filmed on a phone, a jury has been told. Daniel Graham and Adam Carruthers used a ...

The owner of Primark has said it is not raising prices for UK shoppers as it pledged to swallow sharp increases in labour costs. It came as parent firm Associated British Foods (ABF) said it saw ...

Sir Richard Branson said it “feels really special” as he officially opened Virgin’s first hotel in London. The 74-year-old founder of the Virgin Group drove a giant red suitcase to the new location at ...

Human rights laws could still be an obstacle to removing foreign sex offenders from the UK, the Home Secretary said, as she suggested changes could be needed to the way the rules are interpreted.

Green MSP Maggie Chapman has survived a vote to oust her as deputy convener of a Holyrood committee, following her controversial comments about the Supreme Court gender ruling. MSPs on Holyrood’s ...

The European Court of Justice has ordered Malta to close its “golden passport” programme for violating European Union law, even after the Mediterranean island country suspended the programme for ...