The tenure of Dame Karen Pierce, the current office holder, is expected to come to an end at the start of 2025.

Zoe Bell, 28, died on December 24 2022 after waiting 12 hours in A&E at Stoke Mandeville Hospital in Aylesbury, where she had been ...

The DUP has moved to trigger a new post-Brexit Stormont mechanism for the first time in an effort to prevent an EU law coming into force in Northern Ireland.

Tributes have been paid to a “much loved” football player who died in hospital after an alleged assault at York railway station. Married father-of-one James Hitchcock, 32, suffered life-threatening ...

South Korea’s acting leader said on Thursday he would veto a spate of contentious bills sponsored by the main opposition ...

Kelsey Calvert was spared jail after pleading guilty to misconduct in a public office while she was employed at HMP Holme House in Stockton-on-Tees.

A Cabinet minister has hinted that a “strong set” of Labour peers could be appointed to boost the party’s representation in the House of Lords. Business Secretary Jonathan Reynolds was asked whether ...

Sir Keir Starmer was questioned about the impact of the inheritance tax change during a Liaison Committee appearance.

Football pundit Eniola Aluko has attended the first hearing in her High Court libel claim against Joey Barton. The former England women’s player claims that two posts made by Mr Barton in January on ...

The UK needs to talk to Syria’s leaders to make sure “what comes next is better”, Sir Keir Starmer has said after officials met with the rebel group that has taken power in the country.

Andrew Tate and his brother, Tristan, and two women are accused of human trafficking and sexually exploiting women.

Mason Rist, 15, and Max Dixon, 16, were chased and cut down by a gang of youths armed with machetes in Bristol.