A jury has retired to consider its verdicts in the trial of a Britain’s Got Talent finalist accused of raping two women. Andrew Johnston, 30, competed as a singer on the television programme in 2008, ...

A woman accused of having an illegal abortion is “still utterly traumatised” by her experience, her barrister has said as she told jurors the facts of her client’s case “are a tragedy but they are not ...

Indian nationals accounted for the highest proportion of work visas issued to people applying to come to the UK last year, along with the second highest proportion of study visas. Some 369,419 ...

Micheal Martin also said any plan involving a permanent Israeli occupation of the region was “wholly unacceptable”.

The Duchess of Sussex has wished happy birthday to “our sweet boy” Prince Archie, saying: “He’s six! Where did the time go?” Meghan shared a photograph on her Instagram of her eldest child, who was ...

A Holocaust survivor has paid tribute to the “high risks” people took to help Jews during the Second World War. Jacques Weisser, 83, was born in Antwerp during the war and subsequently hidden when his ...

Conservative leader Friedrich Merz has been elected as Germany’s chancellor — hours after he failed to win the first round in parliament in a historic defeat. Mr Merz, 69, who succeeds Olaf Scholz, ...

Paris St Germain boss Luis Enrique has confirmed his star man Ousmane Dembele is fit for the second leg of their Champions League semi-final against Arsenal. Enrique had been sweating over the ...

Sarah Pochin was flanked by Reform UK leader Nigel Farage and chief whip Lee Anderson as she arrived in the Commons.

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer said ‘we had to stabilise the economy’ as he defended the actions taken by his Government.

Friedrich Merz has finally succeeded in his bid to become the next German chancellor during a second vote in parliament, hours after he suffered a historic defeat in the first round. The conservative ...

The deal follows three years of talks and is set to boost several sectors which are hit especially hard by Donald Trump’s tariffs.