Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has signed a controversial law, days after it was passed by parliament, potentially ...

Celebrity baker and TV presenter Paul Hollywood will be made an MBE at a ceremony at Windsor Castle on Wednesday. Hollywood, 57, has been a judge on The Great British Bake Off since it started in 2010 ...

Cloudy skies frustrated efforts to produce the flame in the customary fashion where the sun is used to ignite a silver torch.

The First Minister was addressing the STUC Congress in Dundee on Tuesday, where he addressed the upcoming general election, which he described as the “big political event on the Horizon” and is due to ...

Victoria Atkins claimed MPs have a ‘duty’ to protect the next generation from the illnesses and harms caused by tobacco.

The former prime minister Liz Truss has said the Government’s proposed smoking ban is the result of a “technocratic establishment” that is aiming to “limit people’s freedom”. She described the Tobacco ...

Ahead of the civil case in 2004, the inquiry previously heard emails between two Fujitsu employees spoke of how ex-Post Office solicitor Mandy Talbot had advised that “the safest way to manage this is ...

Gillian Keegan said the High Court’s decision ‘should give all school leaders confidence in making the right decision for their school’.

Dame Ruth May, England’s chief nursing officer, has announced her retirement. She described her career in the health service, which has spanned almost four decades, as a “privilege”.

Police chiefs will be given back powers to preside over misconduct hearings in a bid to make it easier for them to sack rogue officers. The Home Office reforms, put before Parliament on Tuesday, will ...

UK households throw away 1.7 billion pieces of plastic packaging a week, a survey involving thousands of families, schools and even MPs suggests. The “big plastic count”, conducted by Greenpeace UK ...

The parents of a former JLS dancer have paid tribute to their “marvellous” son after a coroner ruled the circumstances around his death unclear. Jack Pointer Mackenzie, 35, was found dead at his home ...