Matthew Pennycook dismissed anxiety from campaigners that Planning and Infrastructure Bill could lead to a weakening of environmental law.

Sly Stone, the revolutionary musician and dynamic showman whose Sly And The Family Stone transformed popular music in the 1960s, 1970s and beyond with such hits as Everyday People, Stand! and Family ...

Failures of a senior doctor in his care of a teenager who died days later from sepsis were “particularly grave” and “essentially amounted to gross negligence”, a medical tribunal has found.

The Day Of The Jackal author Frederick Forsyth has died at the age of 86, following a brief illness, his literary agents said. The best-selling author was surrounded by his family as he died at home ...

Police have confirmed that a body found over the weekend is that of a Colombian woman who disappeared after leaving her east London home. Yajaira Castro Mendez, 46, was reported missing to the ...

Labour backbenchers have called for a Government U-turn on planned disability benefit cuts, after Chancellor Rachel Reeves restored winter fuel payments to a majority of pensioners. Ms Reeves’ £1.25 ...

A 14-year-old boy who was fatally stabbed in Manchester has been named by police as Ibrahima Seck, with his family paying tribute to him as “funny, caring and hardworking”. Ibrahima was found with ...

An 11-year-old girl has also been left fighting for her life in hospital after the fire broke out in Heckmondwike on Sunday.

North East London NHS Foundation Trust was found guilty of health and safety failings over the death of Alice Figueiredo.

The former Tory leader described the Government’s response to plans for a new Chinese embassy in London as ‘Project Kowtow’.

A defence lawyer implored Judge Curtis Farber to declare a mistrial, calling it a ‘tainted jury’ and a ‘runaway jury’.