For the first time in its 131 year history, the Bar Council which represents barristers in England and Wales has appointed ...

We spoke to the Labour MP Liam Byrne, who’s chair of the Business and Trade committee and author of a book called Turning to ...

A fresh evacuation order has been issued warning people to flee an area close to the Palisades fire – because of an immediate threat to life. Fire chiefs said the blaze grew by another thousand acres ...

Banditry is booming in Nigeria, with thousands kidnapped last year. The mass abduction of schoolchildren is a terrifyingly ...

The chancellor Rachel Reeves has defended her decision to travel to China amid market turbulence back home. She has promised to “take action” to meet her fiscal rules – but back here the shadow ...

A public inquiry has heard that Afghans killed by special forces members were described dismissively as being “flat-packed” by soldiers who seemed “beyond reproach”. Documents have been released by ...