A cabinet minister has told Sky News it is important to have a "rich mix" in the House of Lords, amid fresh scrutiny of the Conservative Party's award of peerages.
The victim died from stab wounds in a Barnet flat in the early hours of Wednesday.
More than 8,000 migrants have arrived in the UK after crossing the English Channel this year, new figures show. In the first five months of this year, 8,393 people have reached the UK after navigating busy shipping lanes from France in small boats, according to an analysis of government data. There have been nine days of crossings so far in May, with 1,700 people arriving in the UK as a result.
Fifty people to be sent to Rwanda in a fortnight, says Boris Johnson. PM says he will ‘dig in for the fight’ with ‘leftie lawyers’ challenging government’s plan for refugees
Children’s physical activity levels remained below national guidelines even after Covid restrictions were lifted in Britain, a new study shows, suggesting lockdowns have had long-term impacts on exercise.
THE latest update of the research on the minimum price of alcohol (MPA) confirms that this token attempt to reduce harmful drinking has had very little effect ("Scottish ministers to consider new alcohol price hike after policy review", May 8). Alcohol Focus Scotland and many others want to push up the MPA from 50p to 65p. This approach is failing because there is no way of stopping the alcohol industry from creating as many new drinks as it likes to satisfy every palate and budget. Supermarkets
The retailer’s sales were boosted during the pandemic as locked down Britons hired tradespeople to spruce up their properties and gardens.
“Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness” stayed on top of the box office charts in its second weekend in theaters
Extensive CCTV, house-to-house and forensic enquiries are being carried out at the scene.
Ukraine has won this year's Eurovision contest, with the UK finishing second.
Sweden on Sunday night joined Finland in announcing its intention to join Nato, demonstrating to Russia that “aggression does not pay”, the chief of the alliance has said.
Somalia handed Hassan Sheikh Mohamud the presidency for a second time following Sunday's long-overdue election in the troubled Horn of Africa nation, which is confronting an Islamist insurgency and the threat of famine.
The Labour politician said the Government was laughing at the British people after a Champagne bottle was auctioned off as a partygate souvenir.
A MAN from Bournemouth has received a court bill of almost £400 for travelling on a train in London without paying the £62.30 fare.
I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here! star and BBC Radio 1 DJ Adele Roberts opens up over bowel cancer battle with emotional post and photographs of her skin.
Most of the top 10 fastest growing city economies by the end of 2023 will be in the South or East of England, a new report suggests.
MOTORISTS have been warned to expect further long delays on the roads in Christchurch this week.
‘You just know this is going to be a meme forever,’ one person said
'Voting is a duty,' says a Beirut citizen as she casts her ballot in the first election since multiple crises dragged Lebanon to the brink of failed statehood. The vote is a major test for new opposition groups bent on removing the ruling elite.
The last time Len Jenkins was found wandering the streets near his home in Portishead a concerned stranger made sure he was returned safely. Len's dementia means he cannot always remember where he is. Len was selected by Avon and Somerset Police to receive one of 30 new GPS tracker devices being handed out to people living with dementia.
Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell and a delegation of GOP senators met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Kyiv during an unannounced visit to the capital on Saturday
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