The Metropolitan Police said members of the investigating team met lead campaigner Sir Alan Bates on Sunday to provide an update.

SNP leader John Swinney has insisted his party is “financially strong” in the wake of an announcement its staff numbers could be cut from 26 to 16.

Antony Snook was handed two life sentences and jailed for a minimum of 38 years at Bristol Crown Court on Tuesday.

Sinn Fein has pledged to deliver a mini-budget in its first 100 days of government and “real” cost-of-living measures as it unveiled its election manifesto. Sinn Fein leader Mary Lou McDonald said ...

Just hours later the ex-politicians and pro-democracy activists were sentenced to four to 10 years in prison in Hong Kong’s biggest national security case under a Beijing-imposed law that crushed the ...

The deal will include Minecraft-themed accommodation, retail and restaurants plus a Minecraft-themed ride in the UK and the US.

Former Russian spy Sergei Skripal, his daughter Yulia and former police officer Nick Bailey were all poisoned by Novichok in Salisbury in March 2018.

Mrs Justice May described Max Dixon and Mason Rist as ‘two good boys from loving homes’ as she jailed Antony Snook for life.

The “warning lights are flashing” for the NHS, the Scottish Government has been warned, as figures revealed thousands are continuing to wait more than eight hours in A&E. Scottish Labour said ...

The Kremlin updated its weapons doctrine so that any large conventional attack on Moscow could meet the criteria for a nuclear response.

Zoe Ball will step down from presenting BBC Radio 2’s Breakfast Show next month to “focus on family”, but said she is “really chuffed” for Scott Mills who will take over the slot. Ball took over ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin formally lowered the threshold for Russia’s use of its nuclear weapons on Tuesday, a move ...