The King is to host French President Emmanuel Macron on a state visit to the UK from July 8-10, Buckingham Palace has announced. The French leader and his wife Brigitte Macron will stay at Windsor ...

Yvette Cooper has defended Sir Keir Starmer amid criticism that his language as he set out plans to crack down on migration echoed Enoch Powell’s infamous “rivers of blood” speech. The Home Secretary ...

Investigators examining the sinking of tech tycoon Mike Lynch’s superyacht in Italy will publish their initial report on Thursday. The Marine Accident Investigation Branch (MAIB) said it will release ...

A Paris court on Tuesday found actor Gerard Depardieu guilty of having sexually assaulted two women on a 2021 film set, sentencing him to an 18-month suspended prison sentence. The actor, 76, was ...

HIGHER salaries would be paid to politicians taking on additional responsibility as ministers or chairs of Scrutiny panels, under a proposition put forward this week. Deputy Jonathan Renouf is seeking ...

President Donald Trump opened his four-day Mideast trip on Tuesday by paying a visit to Saudi Arabia’s de facto ruler, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, for talks on US efforts to dismantle Iran’s ...

The UK is “already an island of strangers”, senior Conservative Robert Jenrick has claimed, after Sir Keir Starmer faced backlash for his plans to cut net migration. The plans, which are expected to ...

A 21-year-old man has been arrested over suspected arson attacks on two properties linked to Sir Keir Starmer. The Metropolitan Police said the suspect was arrested in the early hours of Tuesday on ...

Retail giant Marks & Spencer has revealed that customer personal data has been taken by hackers after being hit by a damaging cyber attack. Chief executive Stuart Machin said the data had been ...

A commitment by pension funds to invest tens of billions in British infrastructure projects and businesses has been welcomed by Rachel Reeves. The Chancellor said the agreement would help start-up ...

Three Belgian soldiers have been injured in a “shooting incident” during a training exercise in Scotland, Belgium’s defence ministry has said. The ministry confirmed that two of the soldiers are in a ...

Wage growth has eased back while Britain’s unemployment rate has hit a near four-year high as the UK jobs market falters amid worries over the impact of soaring employee costs for companies. The ...