The Cabinet approved emergency legislation to allow the UK to be designated as a safe country to enable asylum seekers to be transferred back.

Line Of Duty and Rob Roy star Brian McCardie has died aged 59, his agent has confirmed. The Scottish actor, who grew up Carluke, near Glasgow, played criminal boss turned police informant Tommy Hunter ...

The Prince of Wales’s visit to a centre which helps men who were thinking of suicide will help save lives, one of the service users has said. William spoke to men who struggled with their mental ...

A 14-year-old boy has died following multiple stabbings in east London as a sword-wielding suspect remains in custody after being tasered by police. Chief Superintendent Stuart Bell, of the ...

The SNP has begun its search for a successor to Humza Yousaf – but the Scottish Government will still face a vote of no confidence in Holyrood on Wednesday. The Scottish Parliament confirmed the ...

A no confidence motion against the Scottish Government will be heard in Holyrood on Wednesday, it has been confirmed. Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar announced his intention to push ahead with the ...

The sitting of the Covid inquiry in Belfast has been described as “an opportunity for candour” from Stormont’s leaders during the pandemic. The UK-wide inquiry opened hearings in the Northern Ireland ...

The European Union said it is scrutinising Facebook and Instagram over a range of suspected violations of the bloc’s digital rulebook, including not doing enough to protect users from foreign ...

A man with a sword has been arrested following reported stabbings and attacks on police officers in east London. The Metropolitan Police said officers were called to reports of a vehicle being driven ...

The proposed takeover of the Telegraph newspaper group by an Abu Dhabi-backed fund has collapsed after the Government intervened in the deal. RedBird IMI was due to buy The Telegraph and sister ...

Blackadder co-writer and comedian Ben Elton has said the sitcom could return as a play and 'not an adaptation of episodes'.

Earlier protests at Columbia, where demonstrators set up tents in the centre of the campus, sparked pro-Palestinian ...