Kofi Offeh was part of the self-proclaimed Kingdom of Kubala, which was located in a camp in woodland near Jedburgh.

Morgan McSweeney has denied claims he bullied civil servants into appointing Lord Peter Mandelson as US ambassador. Sir Keir Starmer’s former chief of staff, widely regarded as a protege of Lord ...

US President Donald Trump has threatened to “put a big tariff” on the UK if it does not drop its digital services tax on American social media firms. The digital services tax, introduced in 2020, ...

Consumer confidence has fallen for the third consecutive month amid household “jitters” over rapid price rises, figures show. GfK’s long-running consumer confidence index fell four points to minus 25 ...

Former presenter Bob Wilson feels it is “crazy” the BBC has decided to take Football Focus off the air after more than half a century. The Saturday lunchtime programme was first broadcast in 1974, ...

US President Donald Trump has said Israel and Lebanon have agreed to extend a ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah by three weeks after talks at the White House on Thursday. Mr Trump said the ...

Four-year-old Jessica Macrae, from Bearsden in East Dunbartonshire, underwent life-saving surgery for a brain tumour last year.

Salford climbed into the League Two automatic promotion places and clinched at least a play-off place with a 2-0 victory that damaged Bromley’s title hopes.

A letter from some peers warned the ‘vital issue, which has wide public support, will not go away until it is resolved’.

Alex Scott feels the time was right for Football Focus to finish but admitted she was filled with “so much anxiety and dread” over the expected “toxic” social media backlash to the BBC’s announcement.

Asked by the BBC whether the King’s trip will help repair strained transatlantic relations, Mr Trump said: “Absolutely. He’s fantastic. He’s a fantastic man. Absolutely the answer is yes. “I know him ...

Luke Littler defied a hostile reception to beat Luke Humphries in their Premier League quarter-final in Liverpool. The back-to-back world champion was subject to heavy booing as he made his way on to ...