The Justice Secretary hopes the move will also help clear the court backlog of cases waiting to be dealt with.

See pictures of the moments leading up to the Skripals being found slumped on a park bench in the Maltings having come into contact with Novichok.

Sergei Skripal's life was saved after a paramedic accidentally administered a drug intended for nerve-agent poisoning, the inquiry has heard.

United Utilities did not report at least 102 million litres of illegal sewage pollution to regulators, a BBC analysis found.

The social media platform said it is using expert guidance to train technology to spot scam accounts and prevent them from contacting teenage users.

Around 158,000 pupils were severely absent – missing at least half of possible school sessions – over the autumn and spring terms of 2022/23.

Adam Azim is out to emulate his idol Amir Khan and be the next trailblazer for British Asians in boxing. The 22-year-old has long been tipped as a future world champion and is trending in the right ...

Former Metropolitan Police officer David Carrick has appeared in court charged with multiple sex attacks on a woman and a girl under 14 ...

Lord Mackinlay of Richborough wore the traditional scarlet robes for the short introduction ceremony in the upper chamber.

Abbas Araghchi held talks with his Egyptian counterpart Badr Abdelatty and Egyptian president Abdel-Fattah el-Sisi in Cairo on Thursday.

The excavation at the world-famous site near Inverness, which witnessed the final battle of the Jacobite rising in 1746, is ...

Britain’s Got Talent has announced it will be postponing auditions for the show following the death of former One Direction singer Liam Payne. The ITV programme’s producer, Freemantle UK, did not say ...