Sir Keir Starmer’s U-turn now leaves the government with a choice between raising taxes or cutting spending elsewhere

Marcus Arduini Monzo committed the horrific attack on April 30 last year

As part of its retaliation against new US tariffs, China suspended exports of a wide range of critical minerals and magnets

Ministers will be hoping two key changes will be enough to keep wavering MPs on side

The PM was forced into a climbdown by Labour rebels.

Police said the arrests on Thursday in Newbury, Berkshire, and in London, “are in connection with an incident in the early hours of [last] Friday during which damage was caused to two aircraft at RAF Brize Norton”.

Habibur Masum, 26, launched the “ferocious” attack on 27-year-old Kulsuma Akter after tracing her to a refuge where she had gone to escape him.

Blaise Metreweli is reportedly the granddaughter of a Ukrainian who collaborated with Nazi occupiers.

The prime minister said he was distracted by a firebomb attack on his house.

Takahiro Shiraishi, known as the ‘Twitter killer’, was executed in Japan on Friday. He was sentenced to death in 2020 after murdering and dismembering nine people

The public has been asked not to join the search for Mylo Capilla which is centring on the River Tees at Ingleby Barwick, Teesside

Daniel Anjorin, 14, was brutally killed by Marcus Monzo during a 20-minute spree of violence in which the sword-wielding attacker ‘screamed with delight’ as he carried out his rampage

Daniel Bannister, 50, pleaded guilty to the new charge at Reading Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday.

Abbas Araghchi also says there are no plans to resume nuclear talks with the US.

The church’s ruling body is to discuss how it should respond to the threat of serious conflict

A British tourist has died after plunging from a wall 16ft in Majorca.

A pedestrian in her 50s has sadly died after a BMW driver hopped out of his car and suddenly beat her to death as Leicestershire Police said a 23-year-old man was arrested at the scene

The preliminary report found Trump’s Iran strike was likely nowhere near as successful as he’s claimed.

A branch of the US State Department appeared to encourage the House of Lords to block the law by ‘reaffirming the sanctity of life’.

Swarms will be made up of tens of millions of ants thanks to recent weather conditions

Didier Dubreucq, 69, was found guilty of stealing around £7.5m worth of jewellery from Kim Kardashian

Former nurse Lucy Letby is said to be living on a prison unit with “all the benefits” after being granted special status just days into her whole life sentence at HMP Bronzefield

British counter terrorism police said Friday that they have arrested four people in connection with a break-in at a military base last week, during which two planes were vandalized.

If WW3 was to break out it is possible women could be conscripted to help serve the country, and as tensions rise across the globe, the fear of war is playing on many UK residents’ minds

Michael Linfoot, 24, Callum Hesketh, 24, and Thomas Rae, 24, all of Chorley in Greater Manchester, were all convicted of offences in 2018 on Thursday.

Seven suspects and more than 45 people classed as “persons of interest” have been identified by police investigating the Horizon Post Office scandal.

Work & Pensions Secretary Liz Kendall set out the Prime Minister’s three main concessions in a letter to Labour MPs

Metropolitan Police officers Pc Kristina Linge and Pc Rafal Szmydynski strip searched the young girl who was wrongly suspected of carrying cannabis in December 2020

The Oscar-winning actor has been traveling to promote his new film F1 and was reportedly not home.

Two versions of reality: according to Iran’s Ayatollah Khamenei – his country has delivered a ‘severe slap to the face of America’.

The prosecution has given its closing argument, following more than six weeks of testimony in the Sean “Diddy” Combs trial, with the defence due to wrap up their case on Friday.

Palestine Action is planning a wave of action across Britain after breaking into RAF Brize Norton and damaging military aircraft, an investigation has revealed

Two have been killed in a gas explosion at a bar in southern Spain. The woman, who was an expat, had been visiting a nearby market

At a glitzy fundraising gala for one of Labour ‘s rising stars on Monday night, the mood was buoyant. The party faithful cheered speakers including Lord Mandelson…

Donald Trump has issued a statement on an image of lorries at an Iranian nuclear site prior to the US’ strikes, following rumours that nuclear material may have been transported away beforehand

With fears of nuclear war on the horizon, it’s important to know what to do in the event of a nuclear attack. The International Commission on Radiological Protection has issued guidelines

Inspector Moloy Campbell received a slash wound to his hand as he tried to disarm attacker Marcus Monzo.

Witnesses said Israeli drones fired at Hamas police members dressed in civilian clothing and wearing masks.

The study claims increasing the UK’s wind generation capacity would bring negligible extra carbon savings

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and US President Donald Trump are said to have agreed to end the war in Gaza as the embattled strip’s future leadership has reportedly been decided

Preston Crown Court heard about Lenny Scott was threatened for sharing information about an inmates sexual relationship with disgraced prison officer Sarah Williams

A violent forest fire devastated several seaside towns east of Athens on Thursday, damaging homes and prompting dozens of evacuations in a popular destination tourists

Scots are being left “scared, attacked and traumatised”, Tory MSP Rachael Hamilton said as she called for a nationwide summit to tackle the issue.

A possible fireball was seen streaking over the US and believed to have crashed into a home.

Editorial: Prior to putting before parliament its plans to cut disability and sickness-related benefits, the government must first complete essential groundwork that ought to have been done already – namely, consulting with those at the sharp end of the change: people with disabilities

Ministers are reported to be on the cusp of announcing a deal with president Emmanuel Macron’s government which would see France accept returns of Channel migrants for the first time.

Reform says ‘no one is safe’ as Cabinet ministers threatened with wipeout and Tories face relegation to fourth place

Craig McKeever of Dromard Road, Drimnagh, Dublin, appeared before Judge Susan Fay at Dublin District Court on Thursday and was denied bail.

‘We want to see reform implemented with Labour values of fairness,’ the PM says

Two Metropolitan Police officers committed gross misconduct during the ‘disproportionate’ and ‘humiliating’ strip search of a 15-year-old black girl.