A second man has been arrested by police investigating the murder of Irish teacher Ashling Murphy.

Bury South MP Christian Wakeford has this morning defected from the Conservatives to Labour.

Nearly 10,000 Chinese overseas nationals have been forced to return to China after coercive means outside the justice system were used by the government, a new report has claimed.

David Baddiel has paid tribute to his father after announcing he had died, saying he will leave a "huge hole in my sky".

A man died and two other people were seriously injured after they were "thrown" from a vehicle and trailer when a bridge collapsed.

Wetherspoons has taunted Boris Johnson over Downing Street "high jinks" during lockdown - and suggested it would have been better if staff had partied in its pubs instead.

Mothers across the country have shared their experiences of being denied jobs or promotions because they had children, amid an MP's drive to get more of them into politics.

A man has been charged with murder after the body of a nine-year-old girl was found in a barrel in Australian bushland.

The rapid spread of the Omicron variant, combined with the roll-out of up to 20 billion doses of vaccine, means the COVID-19 pandemic could be over this year, according to one of the world's leading public health experts.

The threat to Boris Johnson's leadership has ramped up today as more Conservative MPs said they have submitted letters of no confidence in the PM.