The Tory grandee backed plans to reduce the number of jury trials and create a new type of crown court where cases are heard by judges.

The debate followed a public petition against repealing the legislation which attracted more than 170,000 signatures.

The Joint Committee on the National Security Strategy has been calling for Jonathan Powell to appear before it since his appointment in November.

ITV is to stream the teen drama Byker Grove, which launched the careers of Britain’s Got Talent hosts Ant McPartlin and Declan Donnelly, for the first time. The teen drama, which ran between 1989 and ...

The director-general of the BBC, Tim Davie, said it was an ‘option open to those on the ground’ to cut the livestream.

They marched to Parliament Square in Westminster, brandishing regiment flags and Union flags, and were flanked by a motorbike procession.

Yvette Cooper told MPs French actions have stopped 496 boat crossings this year so far, while 385 arrived in the UK.

Three men have been arrested after a 24-year-old man was stabbed to death in central London’s Knightsbridge in what police believe could have been a targeted attack.

Scotland have lost Jamie Ritchie and Tom Jordan to injury for their final summer tour match against Samoa. Flanker Ritchie, who left Edinburgh this summer to sign for Perpignan, and new Bristol back ...

Ben Stokes praised Shoaib Bashir’s bravery after England’s young spinner claimed the match-winning wicket in a thriller against India, despite suffering from a broken finger that rules him out of the ...

Artist James Page is creator and director of the ESSC. He said: “Competitors travel from all over the world for this, which is fantastic, and they all love the beaches of Dunbar because we’ve got the ...