December deficit is less than expected at £14bn – the lowest for the month since 2019

Israeli soldiers were preparing explosives to blow up two buildings when a rocket strike triggered a huge explosion

The site of a former Purley Way gym has been blighted by rubbish since 2022

Second named storm in 36 hours continues country’s most active storm season since records began

Comparing actual economic growth across UK cities with pre-2010 trends shows Aberdeen £45,000 poorer, with Burnley next at £28,000

Home affairs department confirms eight of the 11 people flown to island nation in September have since returned home

Exclusive: exploitation in sector has soared with more than ten times as many potential victims as in 2021

Mayor calls for ‘youth mobility agreement’ in one of the most pro-European interventions by a Labour politician since EU exit

Relatives of Israeli hostages gathered outside the private residence of prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Caesarea on Saturday 20 January, demanding a deal to release those kidnapped by Hamas - after over 100 days of captivity in Gaza. The protest ...

Watch live as protesters gather in Madrid, Spain, to call for a Gaza ceasefire, as they mark 100 days since the start of a conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas.

Watch the moment a human smuggler who took cash for small boat crossings is arrested. An east London man who laundered money for networks involved in Channel crossings has been found guilty following a National Crime Agency investigation. Asghar Ghes ...

A drink-driver has been jailed after his own dashcam video caught him driving the wrong way on a roundabout and crashing into a barrier. Merlvin Jose, 42, is seen swerving along roads in Haverhill, Suffolk, at night before mounting a kerb. He also pu ...

MEPs react to ‘tragic’ findings revealing UK falling behind EU in key environmental policies since Brexit

The move could potentially lead to the first criminal indictment since the shooting

A group of people and businesses who say they are owed money by Rudy Giuliani gathered virtually for the first hearing since he declared bankruptcy last month

The scale of the law changes means environmental legislation in the UK is facing death by a thousand cuts

A mother told Sadiq Khan that she can't afford to feed herself and her daughter as Ulez has taken the money she had to buy essentials. Sarah, from Croydon, told the London Mayor that she had a no-fault eviction from her home which has since left her ...

Almost 12% of Whitehall staff changing department or leaving in year to March, with worrying dip in staff morale, says report

Kharkiv, only 25 miles from Russia, has been under constant attack since the start of the war in Ukraine. Now fragments of rockets from North Korea are being found among the debris

December figures show biggest monthly fall since shops were forced to close during pandemic in 2021