The Prime Minister has defended plans to release some criminals on recall earlier to ease jail overcrowding as ministers faced a backlash over concerns for victim and public safety.

Researchers believe climate change may cause the death of large trees and reduce the area’s ability to act as a carbon sink.

Andrew Campbell, 42, had a collection of weapons including modified air rifles, gas-powered revolvers and batons, Nottingham Crown Court heard.

A BBC Spotlight programme which aired a claim Gerry Adams sanctioned the killing of a spy was ‘measured and precise’.

Leading medics and health organisations have urged the Government to outlaw ‘the physical punishment of children’.

The wife of a former Conservative county councillor who was jailed after an online rant about migrants on the day of the Southport attacks faces a wait to see if her appeal against a 31-month sentence ...

The company’s boss said criminals had bribed some of its customer service agents who live outside the US to hand over personal data on customers.

MP raises fears for historic display team, based at RAF Waddington, because of ‘glint and glare’ from solar panels on new farms.

The American musician was arrested at a hotel in the early hours of Thursday by detectives from the Metropolitan Police.

Eurovision Song Contest act Emmy Kristiansen did a “deep dive” to represent Ireland, a fellow Norwegian singer has said. Kristiansen will perform her song Laika Party, about a Soviet dog sent to space ...

Aldi and the Co-op have pledged to continue sourcing meat from British farms amid ongoing UK-US trade talks. Giles Hurley, Aldi UK and Ireland’s chief executive, said on Thursday that the supermarket ...

The announcement comes in the same week that the number of people crossing the Channel in small boats passed 12,000 for the year.