Sir Keir Starmer has said he was expecting to see Nigel Farage included in America’s immigration statistics, as he joked that the Reform UK leader was making a “rare appearance in Britain”.

Sir Keir Starmer resisted pressure from an Independent MP during Prime Minister’s Questions to describe the war in Gaza as “genocide”. When asked for his definition of the word, Sir Keir told the ...

DIY retailer Homebase could be heading for a partial collapse, putting thousands of jobs at risk, amid reports that the chain has appointed insolvency experts with a potential buyer of parts of its ...

A domestic abuser sentenced to a whole life order for the murders of his ex-partner and her new boyfriend has lost a bid to have his jail term reduced at the Court of Appeal. Marcus Osborne was jailed ...

There is no “tension” between plans to make savings from limiting winter fuel allowance to the poorest pensioners and more people taking up pension credit, Liz Kendall has signalled. The winter fuel ...

Spy-accused former soldier Daniel Khalife had a 30-minute phone conversation with an Iranian agent while posted at a US army base, a court has heard. The three calls “rekindled” Iran’s interest in ...

Screams of horror could be heard as a man killed his friend at their home in Wales on Christmas Eve, a court has heard. Dylan Thomas, 24, is accused of murdering William Bush, 23, who died on December ...

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has announced that he will ask for a vote of confidence on December 16, paving the way forward for an early parliamentary election in February. Mr Scholz declared his ...

Luke Crosbie is aiming to re-establish himself in Scotland’s back row as he continues riding the “rollercoaster” of being a professional rugby player. The 27-year-old Edinburgh flanker has begun each ...

A court in Greenland again decided on Wednesday to extend the custody of anti-whaling campaigner Paul Watson until December 4, while Denmark considers a Japanese extradition request. Japan does not ...

Scotland’s First Minister has given farmers a “cast-iron” guarantee to return £46 million taken from the agriculture budget to combat the cost-of-living crisis. The cash was taken in 2022 and 2023 as ...

Peter Sullivan remains behind bars for the murder of Diane Sindall who was killed on her way home from work in Merseyside in 1986.