Carrying chickens by their legs “causes injury, pain and unnecessary distress”, Adrian Ramsay has warned in a bid to block a law change. The Government has planned to overturn an EU ban on catching ...

There are parallels between the political conditions which faced Harold Wilson and Sir Keir Starmer’s current challenges.

The daughter of murdered MP Sir David Amess has reiterated her calls for a public inquiry as she criticised a report into Prevent’s contact with her father’s killer, saying the review “tells us there ...

A student has told a jury he feared he would be “battered” to death on the ground by a police officer at Manchester Airport. Mohammed Fahir Amaaz, 20, is on trial at Liverpool Crown Court accused of ...

Resident doctors are willing to “discuss all options” in crunch talks with the Government to avert strike action, the co-chair of the Resident Doctors Committee (RDC) has said. A five-day walkout is ...

Hundreds of Post Office and Royal Mail users have reported outages with the service. According to DownDetector, there have been issues reported since lunchtime, with more than 600 reports since 1.30pm ...

Fines for contempt of Parliament need a “statutory footing” to stop witnesses from misleading select committees, an MP has said. Mark Pritchard warned that witnesses “get away with it” if they provide ...

Defence sources have said that details of MI6 spies, SAS and special forces personnel were included in the spreadsheet.

James Heappey said claims he had backed a ‘new entitlement’ for people affected by the breach but not eligible for other schemes ...

The leader of Catholics in England and Wales has backed the Pope’s call for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza after an “appalling strike” on a church in the war-torn region which left several dead and ...

An 18-year-old man who was stabbed in the heart with a Rambo-style knife had given “grief” over a £20 cannabis debt to the friend of a teenager accused of his murder, a trial has heard.