Emma Yates prevailed in a by-election that was closer than many predicted

Investigation finds hacker group linked to Russian intelligence responsible for attacks targeting politicians and defence sector

An orangutan has been filmed applying a plant with known pain-relieving properties to a wound in a first for a wild animal. Researchers from the Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior, Germany, and Universitas Nasional, Indonesia, observed a male Su ...

Handwriting makes us better writers, free of the suggestions of spelling and grammar apps, and it represents something of our personalities

Scientists say the findings could help shed light on how the knowledge of wound medications evolved in humans.

Vice President Kamala Harris hit out at Republican “extremists” who “don’t know or who don’t care how a woman’s body works” during a powerful speech on US abortion restrictions. Ms harris claimed former president Do ...

The moment immigration enforcement removed migrants from homes for deportation to Rwanda was filmed on video released by the Home Office on Wednesday, 1 May. A series of operations were carried out this week with more due to take place soon, the Home ...

Pen America says there are 107 people behind bars for published content in China, with many accused of ‘picking quarrels’

Met Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley has warned anyone displaying a swastika at a Palestine protest will be arrested. Sir Mark issued the warning when he appeared on LBC on Wednesday (1 May) and stated: “Displaying a swastika is an offence and you are ...

Figures for England obtained by Lib Dems show that 500,000 people in ‘very urgent’ need travelled to hospital without ambulance in 2023

“For many of us, we are not without any fear and anxiety,” said one professor, who has been forming human barricades with other faculty members to protect protesting students from police

Nicaragua brought plea to court, arguing sales of weapons make Berlin complicit in alleged war crimes

The King has spoken of his “shock” at being diagnosed with cancer as he returned to public-facing duties to meet fellow patients. Charles candidly described the experience of being told he had the disease when he visited University College ...

France, Spain, Germany and Italy helped by lower inflation and prospect of interest rate cuts

many independent schools open their facilities to local communities, allowing people to use their sports facilities and green space; has that been your experience?

Politicians fear perceived costs of green transition are driving poor and rural voters to parties such as AfD

Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial news, as French GDP accelerates, and HSBC announces CEO’s retirement

The long read: Stuart Potts is an unlikely do-gooder – a former crack addict who has hit rock bottom more than once. But since 2020 he has offered hundreds of homeless people a bed in his small flat – and for many of them, it has been life-changi ...

Former chancellor Nigel Lawson, who PM cites as inspiration, warned merging NICs with income tax would ‘create many losers’

The nine men on trial are part of a network of 27 people, subscribers to the Reichsbuerger belief system