By Douglas Kruger BY all accounts, the man was a prize sod. But in 1215, when King John reluctantly consented to the terms of ...

McFly singer Tom Fletcher has said seeing Paddington arrive on stage in a new musical about the fictional bear “makes me cry every time”. The 39-year-old has written the music for Paddington The ...

Russian president Vladimir Putin did not show up in Turkey on Thursday for proposed direct peace talks with Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky, who was waiting for him in the capital of Ankara after ...

Aldi has pledged to continue sourcing all of its core fresh beef, pork and poultry from British farms and maintain its existing food standards amid ongoing UK-US trade talks. Giles Hurley, Aldi UK and ...

The number of criminals sent to jail in England and Wales hit a six-year high in 2024, driven partly by the disorder in towns and cities following the Southport killings, in fresh evidence of ...

Ministers have been told a salary rise for NHS workers must get into pay packets “as soon as possible” after Scotland’s largest health union became the latest to accept an 8% wage hike. Members of the ...

The Prime Minister has insisted he will fight the next election as part of Labour’s “decade of national renewal” after facing questions about his future. Sir Keir Starmer is currently facing a brewing ...

Vladimir Putin’s refusal to meet Volodymyr Zelensky face-to-face for peace talks is “further evidence” of the Russian president “dragging his feet” to delay a ceasefire, Sir Keir Starmer has said. The ...

The family of a chef killed in the sinking of Mike Lynch’s superyacht in Italy say they have “serious concerns about a series of failures” before his death. It comes after Marine Accident ...

Controversial plans for a new hotel in an idyllic seaside resort have been approved by a planning inspector. Cornwall Council had originally refused planning permission for the 90-room Premier Inn at ...

Universities should be set up in small cities and towns across the UK to drive growth, the Conservative shadow Commons leader has urged, as he said they could be the “small modular reactors” in ...

A brother and sister who murdered a drug dealer in a daylight knife attack caught on CCTV after a row about a £200 cannabis debt have both been jailed for life. Bank worker Mya Marsh, 23, and ...