The Justice Secretary has announced more emergency measures to curb prison overcrowding as she warned jails are on track to be down to “zero capacity” by November. Shabana Mahmood unveiled changes to ...

Sophie Ecclestone has been omitted from England’s first squad under new head coach Charlotte Edwards, who says the spinner is “physically not quite at 100 per cent yet” after a knee injury.

A prison officers’ union has called for urgent action after attacks at two jails left prison officers injured.

Mr Justice McAlinden, president of the Victims’ Payment Board, described the definition of the current scheme as “very restrictive”. He said he regrets that those who were bereaved in the Troubles are ...

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There have been calls for legislation which would mean only qualified surgeons can conduct certain procedures.

A family statement said he “passed away peacefully at St Margaret’s Hospice in Clydebank surrounded by family and friends”.

Christopher Herd, 48, was charged by Essex Police with one count of indecent exposure and three counts of upskirting on April 13. He will appear at Chelmsford Magistrates’ Court. Herd was arrested on ...

Jack Draper was beaten 6-4 6-4 by world number three Carlos Alcaraz in the quarter-finals of the Italian Open. The British number one was looking to climb to fifth in the ATP rankings with a win, but ...

Official figures are forecast to show a bounce in the first quarter of the year, before April’s tax rises and Donald Trump’s tariff announcement.

Aston Martini jumped excellently throughout in the hands of Felix de Giles, moving stylishly into contention in the home straight and soon alongside Il Est Francais, who folded tamely before the last, ...

Three new prisons will be built starting this year, as part of a “record prison expansion”, Justice Secretary Shabana Mahmood said, as the Government grapples with near-full jails.