Britain will become a “defence industrial superpower”, Rachel Reeves said as she set out plans to spend 2.5% of the UK’s economic output on defence by 2027. Defence is one of the areas of the public ...

The UK has reached a deal with the EU over Gibraltar’s border with Spain that will allow travellers to cross by land without checks. The agreement on a “fluid border” clears the way to finalise a post ...

The Beach Boys singer Brian Wilson has died at the age of 82, his family said. Wilson was the eldest and last surviving of the three musical brothers who formed the American rock band in 1961, ...

Gavin Stephens, chairman of the National Police Chiefs’ Council, said local forces have had no capital investment for 10 years.

Chancellor Rachel Reeves said the extra cash for England’s health service would create ‘an NHS fit for the future’.

Labour MP Ruth Cadbury, who chairs the Transport Committee, urged the Government to ‘look beyond’ SAF in its mission to reduce carbon emissions.

Assistant Chief Constable Ryan Henderson said the force would be bringing extra officers, vehicles and equipment to areas where unrest has flared.

US pop star Sabrina Carpenter has announced she will be releasing a new album called Man’s Best Friend later in the summer. It comes after the 26-year-old singer from Pennsylvania released a new ...

Unions have criticised the watchdog’s new proposed timetable for publishing its reforms as ‘ridiculous’ and ‘bordering on reckless’.

Anne-Marie Duff, 54, was formally made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire at Windsor Castle on Wednesday.

The Scottish Secretary was speaking after Chancellor Rachel Reeves laid out her spending plans for the next three years.

Tech tycoon Mike Lynch’s sunken superyacht is set to be lifted from the seabed in late June, the salvage team says, after debris from the boat was recovered. Maritime and investigatory authorities in ...