Parliament has “no plans” to erect watch towers at the front of the House of Lords, the authorities have said. The administration was responding to a question by a former Home Office minister about ...

Wimbledon’s faltering electronic line calling system suffered another embarrassing malfunction during the men’s quarter-final clash between Taylor Fritz and Karen Khachanov. Swedish umpire Louise ...

Flights scheduled at Marseille Airport have been suspended after a wildfire raged close to the southern French port city, local authorities said. The prefecture urged people in the affected areas to ...

Sam Fender has beaten Taylor Swift to see his People Watching album crowned the best-selling vinyl record of 2025 so far. The 31-year-old’s third album, which was released in February this year, has ...

The Bayeux Tapestry, which depicts the 1066 Norman invasion and Battle Of Hastings, is to return to England for the first time in more than 900 years. British prime minister Sir Keir Starmer and ...

Ministers have been urged to learn about crisis planning from “our Scandinavian neighbours”, where authorities have handed out pamphlets about preparing for war and emergencies. Pat McFadden said ...

A police firearms officer allegedly assaulted by two brothers at Manchester Airport has told a jury his behaviour on the day of the incident was “professional”. Mohammed Fahir Amaaz, 20, and Muhammad ...

The Government is suing PPE Medpro over 25 million surgical gowns because of “buyer’s remorse”, the High Court has heard. It began legal action after it said the company, linked to Tory peer Michelle ...

The Prime Minister has hailed investment by French energy giant EDF in the Sizewell C nuclear plant as “a vote of confidence in the UK as an investment destination”, though the company appears to be ...

The first recorded sighting of a rare type of dragonfly in Belfast has been hailed by conservationists. The black-tailed skimmer dragonfly was spotted by volunteers at Bog Meadows Nature Reserve in ...

Hundreds of people have joined the search for an Army sergeant who has gone missing from his camp. Sgt Alex Cairnie, 30, of the Queen’s Royal Hussars regiment, left Tidworth Camp on Sunday. Wiltshire ...

A Scottish postmaster who was wrongly convicted under the Horizon scandal says Fujitsu is getting away “scot-free” from its role in the affair. Rab Thomson welcomed the first tranche of Sir Wyn ...