A man who stabbed his wife to death in front of their baby after tracking her to a women’s refuge had threatened to “kill her if she ever left him,” a court has heard. Kulsuma Akter, 27, suffered more ...

Senior Conservatives including a former MP who was an aide of Rishi Sunak have appeared in court accused of cheating by gambling on the date of the 2024 general election. Craig Williams, 39, who ...

The UK is prepared to take “every diplomatic step” to prevent Iran developing nuclear weapons after Israeli strikes targeted the country’s nuclear facilities, Downing Street has said. This could ...

Wynne Evans has announced he is to return to radio with a new show aimed at his “amazing community” who he said had “supported me through thick and thin”. The 53-year-old announced he had been dropped ...

A man armed with Molotov cocktails and a hatchet who attacked officers outside a South Wales police station had been referred to the Prevent anti-terrorism programme a year earlier by his sister, a ...

Stormont Health Minister Mike Nesbitt and the heads of professional bodies have voiced their support for international colleagues in Northern Ireland. It comes after a week of scenes of disorder, ...

A pensioner couple have lost their legal challenge over government decisions to cut the winter fuel payment (WFP) and its Scottish equivalent. Peter and Florence Fanning, from Coatbridge, North ...

Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch has warned Scots that Nigel Farage’s Reform will “let the SNP in”. She said “Scottish people deserve better” than another five years of John Swinney’s party in power ...

Seven Asian men have been convicted of the sexual exploitation of two white teenage schoolgirls in Rochdale. The defendants preyed on the vulnerabilities of the victims to groom them as “sex slaves” ...

An amber weather warning for severe thunderstorms has been issued by the Met Office advising of the risk of “intense rainfall frequent lightning, hail and gusty winds”. The warning has been issued for ...

A man has appeared in court accused of the sexual assault and murder of a 13-month-old baby boy he was adopting. Jamie Varley, believed to have worked as a high school teacher, is also accused of ...