The number of asylum applications in the UK has hit a new high, though the backlog of cases waiting for a decision has fallen to its lowest level since 2021. A total of 109,343 people applied for ...

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Sir Keir Starmer has signed an agreement to hand over sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius in a deal that will cost £101 million per year. The deal involves leasing back a crucial military ...

Multiple people on board a private plane that crashed into a San Diego neighbourhood are dead, authorities said. Assistant ...

Rap trio Kneecap have announced a surprise performance in London hours after one of their members was charged with a terror offence.

Prosecutors, police and medical professionals will be scrutinised by a two-year public inquiry into the fatal Nottingham attacks, the Government has announced. Valdo Calocane killed students Barnaby ...

The British Medical Association, the union representing doctors, has said the pay rise does not go far enough in restoring historical pay freezes.

The Princess of Wales has officially named the Royal Navy warship HMS Glasgow by smashing a bottle of whisky against its hull. Kate pressed a button triggering an arm holding the single malt which ...

A helicopter blade “narrowly missed” an oil rig worker after it broke while they were trying to secure the aircraft to a helipad during high winds, an investigation has found.

The M5 is dealing with heavy delays after a car crash on the M5 northbound near Weston today (Thursday, May 22).

Country singer CMAT has said a “fake version” of Irish culture is being “being built up by Americans and English people and ...