Britain should consider a Swedish-style military conscription system, says the former chief of MI6. Sir Alex Younger said the UK needs to be thinking of ways in which “the broader country would participate in an emergency”. Sir Alex appeared on T ...

Ben van Beurden says firm is undervalued in UK and US investors are ‘more positive’ about fossil fuels

IDF cyber-intelligence chief Yossi Sariel exposed online by social media activity and accidental government leak

A Boeing 737 engine appeared to come apart as a Houston-bound Southwest Airlines plane began to take off on Sunday, 7 April, terrifying footage shows. A video posted on X/Twitter by Sam Sweeney, ABC’s chief transportation reporter, shows the metal ...

CCTV shows the last known moments of Bradford murder suspect Habibur Masum. Masum, 25, is wanted by police after a woman Kulsuma Akter, 25, was fatally stabbed as she pushed her baby in pram on Saturday (6 April). West Yorkshire Police said Masum was ...

Peter Branner accuses press of making ‘childish jokes’ about rebrand, which would not be acceptable if firm was a person

Christine Gilbert will examine response to headteacher Ruth Perry’s suicide after her school was downgraded

Family calls for ‘truly independent and deep inquiry’ into headteacher’s suicide following damning Ofsted inspection

Jason Tarry, who was most recently chief executive at Tesco for six years, will take over the role in September

HM chief inspector of prisons says detainees held unnecessarily despite volunteering for fast-track deportation

Head of International Atomic Energy Agency condemns drone strike on nuclear reactor at Russian-controlled Zaporizhzhia power plant in Ukraine

Jason Tarry, who was most recently chief executive at Tesco for six years, will take over the role in September

Paula Vennells has been seen in public for the first time after allegations that she may have been told about a “covert operations team” that could remotely access the Horizon system and adjust branches’ accounts two years before she appeared i ...

The West’s enemies are working more closely as an “alliance of authoritarian powers” including Russia, Iran and China, Nato chief Jens Stoltenberg has warned. Mr Stoltenberg has described growing links between the three countries and North Kore ...

Review chief defends decision not to recommend powers that could break up supermarkets for bad behaviour

Former chief executive of Royal Mail will this week be questioned in public for the first time

Paula Vennells has been seen in public for the first time after allegations that she may have been told about a “covert operations team” that could remotely access the Horizon system and adjust branches’ accounts two years before she appeared i ...

Ahead of 24-hour action union chief is gloomy about prospect of agreement in this month’s talks

National Education Union chief Daniel Kebede says Labour pledges are ‘a long way from the scale of change’ needed

Exclusive: The Independent speaks to Ukraine’s 3rd Assault Brigade deputy commander Makysm Zhorin about the costly retreat from Avdiivka and the threat of another Russian advance