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Tory ex-ministers have “serious questions to answer” about the Afghan data leak which resulted in an £850 million secret relocation scheme and an unprecedented legal gagging order, Sir Keir Starmer said..

Southern Water has become the latest company to bring in a hosepipe ban, to protect rare chalk stream habitat, as England battles exceptionally dry weather..

UK inflation rose to a near 18-month high in June as food prices surged for the third month running, according to official figures..

The former Conservative defence secretary who applied for an injunction blocking reporting about the Afghan data leak has said he makes “no apology”..

Long-time world number one Scottie Scheffler is chasing his second major of the year and fourth of his career at Royal Portrush but admits every day he questions why..

Chancellor Rachel Reeves has told City bosses that Britain cannot meet its growth ambitions without a “fighting fit and thriving” finance sector, as she urged regulators to resist “excessive caution”..

The two men who cut down the famous tree at Sycamore Gap out of “sheer bravado” have each been jailed for four years and three months..

Thousands of people are being relocated to the UK as part of a secret £850 million scheme set up after a personal data leak of Afghans who supported British forces, it can now be reported..

Troubled Thames Water has revealed it slumped to a £1.65 billion annual loss and saw its mammoth debt mountain balloon higher..

First-time buyers are set to see an “instant impact” from the drive to kickstart economic growth, Chancellor Rachel Reeves is expected to say..

Grants for new electric cars are being reintroduced after being scrapped in June 2022, the Department for Transport (DfT) has announced..

Recent overspend by councils in England on their adult social care budgets was the highest in a decade, according to a major survey..

A national two-minute silence will be held to commemorate the 80th anniversary of VJ Day..

MasterChef presenter John Torode has confirmed he is the subject of an allegation of using racist language that was upheld as part of a review into the behaviour of co-presenter Gregg Wallace..

French authorities have stopped more than half of small boat crossings in the Channel this year, the Home Secretary has said..

Aristocrat Constance Marten and her convicted rapist partner have been found guilty of killing their newborn baby..

Ofcom has announced it will investigate the BBC’s Gaza: How To Survive A Warzone documentary after a review found it had breached the corporation’s editorial guidelines on accuracy..

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A teenage cowgirl from Yorkshire has said travelling to the US to compete against the world’s best riders will be “nerve-racking but fun”..

The Met Office has published its latest report of the state of our climate .