Sir Keir Starmer will chair a meeting of the emergency Cobra committee to discuss the security situation in the Middle East, the PA news agency understands.

A minister has pledged to “sort out” the “appalling mess” of HS2 and confirmed the railway’s opening will be further delayed. Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander told the Commons there is “no route” ...

Maro Itoje will captain the British and Irish Lions for the first time in their non-cap international against Argentina in Dublin on Friday. Itoje leads a starting XV that features Marcus Smith at ...

A Metropolitan Police tutor has been dismissed after he bit a female student officer on the neck and touched her thigh at a public work gathering.

A yellow heat health alert is now in effect in the New Forest and beyond as temperatures are set to reach a scorching 27C in Southampton today.

Six short films created as part of the Sean Connery Talent Lab will be premiered at the Edinburgh International Film Festival. The Edinburgh International Film Festival (EIFF) and the National Film ...

A person has died in Yorkshire from rabies after becoming infected while on holiday in Morocco, the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) has said. The person, which the Barnsley Chronicle reports is a ...

Hurricane Erick has formed in the Pacific Ocean on a forecast track to bring heavy rain, strong winds, storm surge and possible mudslides to southern coastal Mexico, the US National Hurricane Centre ...

Former England and Manchester United defender Gary Neville has launched a Best Worst Pitch Initiative to breathe new life into ...

In the Norfolk Stakes, O’Brien’s Charles Darwin is a short price to take his record to three out of four, although there are plenty of lively challengers. Wathnan Racing are well represented with Karl ...

Coventry Crown Court heard the 15-year-old, who cannot be named, is now likely to face a jury in February next year.