Anyone who assists someone to self-harm – such as by giving them a blade or pills – could face up to five years in prison under plans for a new offence. Ministers are seeking to broaden the law to ...

Marks and Spencer customers have been urged to “stay vigilant” for scams and fraud after the retailer confirmed some personal data had been stolen in a cyber attack on the firm. M&S said on Tuesday ...

The lengthy wait for a new archbishop of Canterbury to lead the Church of England has been branded “staggering” in comparison to the Catholic Church’s speedy election of a new Pope. Conservative MP ...

The wife of a senior Cabinet minister has objected to a proposed redevelopment near their north London home amid a Government push to sweep aside “blockers” in the planning system. Dame Justine ...

New DNA evidence is “sufficient fundamentally to cast doubt on the safety of the conviction” of a man who has spent 38 years in prison for murder, the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has told the ...

A woman whose terminally ill father chose an assisted death in Canada says he was a “hero”, as she campaigns for a change in the law in Scotland. Fiona Anderson’s father John Bird had stage four ...

Transport for London (TfL) has been criticised for poor communication after a power outage caused disruption to its train services on Monday. Watchdog London TravelWatch (LTW) said the organisation ...