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Actor-turned-politician Laurence Fox has been ordered to pay £90,000 in damages each to two people he referred to as "paedophiles" on social media.

Prince William turned up at a West Midlands school to surprise a student who had penned a personal letter to him about mental health.

A teacher who restrained a teenage girl suspected of carrying out a knife attack at a school in Wales does not think of himself as a hero, his brother has said.

A fourth person has been arrested on suspicion of immigration offences after five migrants including a child died while trying to cross the Channel.

A sweetener used in drinks, sauces, savoury and sweet foods and chewing gum can cause serious damage to people's health, according to a new study.

The first deportation flight to Rwanda has been booked, Number 10 has said, on the same day that Rishi Sunak's controversial bill became law.

When temperatures hit nearly 22C in parts of England earlier this month, people might have thought that spring had finally sprung.

The SNP has terminated its power-sharing deal with the Scottish Greens following a bitter row over its climbdown on climate targets.

Two military horses which bolted and charged through central London are in a "serious condition" and have undergone operations.

Sainsbury's has claimed it is winning over customers from its rivals after reporting higher than expected profits.

Officers who failed to spot a murder victim had been shot could face a misconduct inquiry, a former senior detective has told Sky News.

June gives me a wry smile when I ask her if she trusts politicians. But it soon fades.

A spaceport that hopes to launch the first rockets vertically into orbit from British soil has been given a crucial safety licence.

Labour has promised to deliver the biggest shake-up to rail "in a generation" by establishing the long-delayed Great British Railways (GBR) organisation and bringing routes back into public ownership.

Police are hunting a prisoner who escaped from guards while at a funeral.

A football agent on trial in London has said it would be a "suicide mission" to threaten someone with the "might" of former Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich behind them.

John Barnes has been banned as a director after his company failed to pay almost £200,000 in tax.

The jury in the inquest into the death of a transgender boy, who died from injuries sustained while a mental health patient at Prestwich Hospital, has retired to consider its conclusion.

Young girls in the UK drink, smoke and vape more than boys, a major study suggests.

MPs have voted in favour of the government's Renters' Reform Bill - despite it including an indefinite delay to the end of no-fault evictions.

Most plant-based meat and dairy alternatives have lower levels of saturated fat and higher fibre than their animal-derived counterparts, researchers have found.

A teenage girl has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after two teachers and a pupil were stabbed at a school in West Wales.

A man has been charged with kidnap and sexual assault of a nine-year-old girl in Knightsbridge, central London.

Campaigners have been given the green light to bring forward a High Court challenge against the government's ban on XL bully dogs.

A D-Day veteran, who flew a glider into France and survived being shot by a tank, has died aged 100.

Labour's Angela Rayner has attacked the Conservatives for "obsessing" over her living arrangements while renters continue to face uncertainty over the government's promise to end no-fault evictions.

Ryanair is suing air traffic control body Nats over last summer's flight chaos when more than 700,000 passengers were hit by cancellations and delays.

A Glasgow-born artist who covered a red sports car with a giant ornamental doily mat is among the nominees for the 2024 Turner Prize.

Richard Gadd has urged fans of his hit show Baby Reindeer to stop speculating about who the characters in his show are based on in real life.

Three people have been injured in a "major incident" at a school in West Wales.