Sir Keir Starmer challenged Rishi Sunak to call a general election in a heated exchange during Prime Minister’s Questions (PMQs) today (20 March). The Labour leader told the Commons: “Violent prisoners released early because the Tories wrec ...

The pub burst into flames in the early hours of this morning

Like-for-like sales at luxury goods group down by 10% in first quarter, weighed by nearly 20% fall at Gucci

Settlement on stilts dropped into River Nene after a fire nearly 3,000 years ago and was preserved in silt

Flash floods caused by heavy rainfall swept through Iraq’s Dohuk governorate on Tuesday 19 March, leaving at least two people dead. The victims were trapped in their vehicle and swept away by floodwaters. “A vehicle carrying four people was swept ...

A “burglar” was caught on CCTV stretching and doing yoga outside a bakery before she allegedly broke in and stole several items. The woman is seen warming up in all black in the car park of Phillippa’s Bakery store in Richmond, Austral ...

‘Peak bloom’ was reached on Sunday thanks to warmer temperatures

Watch live from Washington, DC and Seattle as cherry blossom trees reach peak bloom on Tuesday, 19 March.

Authentic Brands announces move for brand’s Europe retail and online arm after ‘damage done’ during tie-up with Dutch company

The three-year-old was last seen nearly a month ago in Two Rivers

Former Speaker’s replacement could be announced as early as this week

Israel claims to have killed 20 militants at al-Shifa hospital in Gaza City following early morning raid

Exclusive: Seventeen prisons have zero Tornado riot officers in ‘scandalous’ shortage, government admits

Laid out in a straight line the Tube tracks would stretch nearly 250 miles

Nearly a million people live in areas of northern Morocco where cannabis is the main economic activity

Vladimir Putin warned that a direct conflict between Russia and Nato would be “one step away from the full-scale third world war” in a speech following his anticipated victory in the country’s sham election on Sunday, 17 March. It came after Em ...

It is the first planned daytime closure of the motorway – which encircles London – since it opened in 1986

Surge in requests for help reported as nearly 30% of 18- to 24-year-olds miss three or more credit or bill payments

Exclusive: Lack of online skills and access creates digital divide that amplifies other exclusions, says report

David Cameron’s former aide has addressed rumours of the former prime minister becoming Tory leader once again. Baroness Cavendish, who is Lord Cameron’s former director of policy, discussed the favoured Conservative candidates rumoured to ...