The food minister has faced calls to explain the “ocean-going madness” of spending less than 8% of a new fishing fund on Scotland. Orkney and Shetland MP Alistair Carmichael pressed Dame Angela Eagle ...

The UK’s gender pay gap has fallen by more than a quarter over the last decade, while the share of workers in low-paid jobs has hit a record low, official figures show. Data from the Office for ...

The men, aged 44, 45 and 48, were arrested at addresses in west and central London on Thursday, the Metropolitan Police said.

Irish police have appealed to people, in particular young males, not to engage in public disorder after two days of riots near a hotel housing asylum seekers. An Garda Siochana said that public ...

The King and Pope Leo XIV made history when they prayed together in a symbolic moment of unity for Anglicans and Roman Catholics across the globe. The Pontiff led the prayer during the ecumenical ...

The number of homicides recorded by police in England and Wales has dropped to its lowest level since current methods of reporting began in 2003. Some 518 homicides were recorded in the year to June, ...

The Government is still taking too long to compensate victims of the infected blood scandal, MPs have said. The criticism comes as applications for further interim payments for the families of victims ...

A Metropolitan Police officer who worked at Charing Cross police station has been sacked after he was secretly filmed making “floridly racist” comments and “glorifying the use of inappropriate force”.