She had referred herself to the Prime Minister’s ethics tsar over her connections to the former prime minister of Bangladesh, her aunt.

A Swedish artist is about to have the dream of a lifetime fulfilled: a small red model house he created will be launched into space this week and, if all goes according to plan, put on the surface of ...

A father accused of murdering his 14-year-old daughter by stabbing her in the heart told the emergency services that they had just been play-fighting while they made their tea, a court heard. Simon ...

Scientists have identified new genetic risk factors for depression across all major global populations after a study involving five million participants, giving hope for new treatments. The world’s ...

Here the PA news agency looks at who the festive success stories are so far, and which retailers have appeared more downbeat.

Matt Wrack was seeking another term of office after two decades in the post of general secretary of the Fire Brigades Union (FBU). But he was beaten by the union’s vice president Steve Wright who will ...

British-Egyptian dual national Alaa Abd El-Fattah has been detained since 2019 and his mother has spent more than 100 days on hunger strike.

It is the second time in two weeks that the former US first lady is not attending a gathering of former US leaders and their ...

Chelsea striker Sam Kerr has appeared in court charged with alleged racially aggravated harassment of a police officer. The captain of the Australia women’s national football team attended a hearing, ...

Neil Gray said the success of the Thistle Centre would be measured if there are fewer drug deaths and ‘harm reduction’.

A man has been charged with driving offences relating to an alleged hit-and-run incident which resulted in a girl being airlifted to hospital and the horse she was riding being put down. Christopher ...

France’s new prime minister has announced the renegotiation of a contested plan raising the retirement age from 62 to 64. In his first address to politicians in the National Assembly, Francois Bayrou ...