Dame Sally Davies emailed then-cabinet secretary Sir Jeremy Heywood days after the Skripals were poisoned, describing her meeting with the minister.

As members of the upper chamber debated the Chancellor’s Budget, Lord Dobbs suggested some workers are ‘luckier than others’.

The two leaders held talks in Paris to mark Armistice Day and consider how best to continue supporting wartorn Ukraine.

Frosts are expected in north Wales, the north and north-west England, and Scotland on Tuesday night. It is expected to get cooler as the weekend nears and northerly breezes could bring an extra wind ...

Ms Haigh also said there are “early signs” of improvement across several services, including London North Eastern Railway (LNER), Northern Rail and TransPennine Express, but noted it will “take time ...

Matthews was a surprise omission from the original squad due to his fine try-scoring form for Glasgow Warriors in recent months. Max Williamson and Jack Dempsey have been ruled out with hand and ...

Dame Sally Davies told the Dawn Sturgess Inquiry that she worried someone would pick up discarded Novichok after the Skripals were poisoned.

Taxi driver Urfan Sharif, 42, appearing at the Old Bailey on Monday, once again denied killing his daughter by beating her. He told jurors that he found the 10-year-old collapsed after his wife ...

Defence Secretary John Healey has been challenged to press the Prime Minister to increase defence spending to 2.5% of GDP if the UK’s threat levels are found to have risen. The Government’s Strategic ...

Pensioners face having to fill in a 243-question application to claim pension credit, which will unlock winter fuel payments of up to £300.

Goals from Brian McDermott, Seamie Quigley, Johnny O’Reilly and Jimmy Tormey all followed Tiarnan Elliot’s opener at Castle Park.

Disgraced breast surgeon Ian Paterson was regarded as a “divisive character” at his NHS Trust who “was ploughing his own furrow” before being investigated, a coroner examining more than 60 patient ...