The Home Secretary has said new measures will take stronger action against Russia as she accused the Kremlin of “unacceptable threats to our national security”. Russia will be placed on the top level ...

The Government has been warned not to “sacrifice” British agriculture to seal a US trade deal amid growing concerns over biosecurity. Farming and food sector leaders said they were “very concerned” ...

Six people have been taken to hospital after firefighters attended a huge blaze at an industrial estate. Black smoke was seen pouring from an industrial unit in Broomlee Road, Cumbernauld, North ...

A barrister announced as a key figure in drafting plans for locally-led child grooming inquiries has said he asked a Government official at one stage “do you still want me?”, amid an apparent lack of ...

Ireland’s Finance Minister has laid bare the potential effect of US tariffs on the Irish economy, describing the looming announcement as a “significant day in the history of the world”. Paschal ...

Utilities firms and transport authorities bring roads “to a halt” when they fail to communicate with each other, a Conservative MP has said. Dr Ben Spencer called for a new “duty to co-operate” in law ...

The Queen has praised a “wonderful” large decorated egg installed outside Buckingham Palace for an Easter egg hunt across London. The blue and gold-painted work, titled Green Man Humpty Dumpty, is one ...

Ten carmakers and two industry groups have been fined almost £78 million by the UK regulator for “colluding to restrict competition” over vehicle recycling. The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) ...

Two teenagers are understood to be among three killed during a collision between a bus and a car near a prison in west London. The car is believed to have hit the bus on a narrow railway bridge on ...

Putting VAT on private school fees is a “wrong tax”, one of the parents taking legal action against the Government has said. Several private schools, children who attend them and their parents are ...

The Government has announced it will continue to fund therapeutic services for families of vulnerable and adopted children, as it allocated £50 million to the adoption and special guardian support ...

A Scottish tourist has died after a gas explosion destroyed a three-storey B&B in Rome. Grant Paterson, 54, from East Kilbride, South Lanarkshire, was reportedly severely burned after the explosion in ...