Pascal Lamy, former head of the WTO, says Britain will have to take sides if new US administration slaps hefty tariffs on imports, as fears grow over possible trade war

Allison Pearson is being probed by Essex Police over a social media post from one year ago

In an exclusive interview with The Independent, Lord Hague discusses with Geordie Greig his campaign to win election as Chancellor to the University of Oxford. The former foreign secretary explains his opinions on what the statue of Cecil Rhodes, his ...

Farmers staged a protest against Labour’s inheritance tax increase with a huge tractor convoy. Farmers unhappy with the changes unveiled in Rachel Reeves’ first budget gathered with tractors outside the Welsh Labour conference venue in Llandundo, ...

Former Tory leader says Labour peer Lord Mandelson cannot be UK ambassador to the US and chancellor of Oxford University

James Gibbons was last seen walking into an alleyway in Cuxton, Kent

Farmers tell Alex Ross that Rachel Reeves’ Budget ‘tractor tax’ is the latest blow to a family industry struggling to survive amid rising costs and extreme weather – as thousands prepare to descend on Westminster this week

Watch the moment police tackle an armed serial phone snatcher in London’s Piccadilly Circus. The Metropolitan Police force has released bodycam footage of officers chasing the perpetrator through the busy streets of central London. The footage, whi ...

Police say the woman from Corby in Northamptonshire, may have been the victim of a ‘targeted incident’

 

Tesco, Aldi and Waitrose own-brand bottles beat luxury champagne house Moët & Chandon

This is the moment a teenager who shook his partner’s four-month-old baby to death tells police “you’re boring”, when confronted over his crimes. Carl Alesbrook, who was 16 at the time, told officers to “f*** off” when q ...

The prime minister is facing protests from hundreds of angry farmers in north Wales as he addresses the Welsh Labour conference today

A top trade adviser for Donald Trump has demanded that the UK ditches the ‘socialist’ EU in favour of US ‘freedom’ and a trade deal or suffer the consequences with tariffs

 

Simona and David Pappalardo’s lives were turned upside down when David was diagnosed with brain cancer and given six months to live

Rocky Leanders, then 15, was beaten with wooden paddle by Smyth at camp where boys were made to swim naked

As Mary Novakovich was heading towards her 60th birthday, she longed for the southern French getaway she had for her 40th – until she discovered the autumnal charm of this Shropshire market town

Stunning photos captured over the world as Friday’s full moon makes dazzling appearance

Charities, dentists, hospices and GPs, as well as farmers, have all called for the Labour prime minister to change tack on chancellor Rachel Reeves’ Budget