A slate of long-awaited transport projects has been given the green light again almost a year after ministers put many upgrades on hold. The decision will see major road and rail projects outside ...

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New “shovel-ready” wind and solar farms will be prioritised to connect to the grid, operators said as they kickstarted moves to shake up the gridlocked connections queue. The existing first-come, ...

Britain should place both China and the US in the toughest tier of its foreign influence scheme in order to adapt to a world of “great power competition”, according to a new report. The UK must also ...

Trust in charities remains higher than in banks, police and the ordinary person in the street, according to the watchdog which regulates them. Despite strong public awareness of an investigation which ...

The public inquiry into the murders of three young girls in Southport last summer will begin later on Tuesday. Chairman Sir Adrian Fulford, a former vice-president of the Court of Appeal, will begin ...

Criminal gangs are using drones to drop packages of up to 10 kilograms of drugs into prisons where the overwhelming amount of drugs is destabilising jails, a watchdog chief has warned. A “menu of ...

More than 100 people have been killed and authorities said the death toll would likely rise as crews looked for many more who were missing.

The US president also announced new tariff rates on Malaysia, Kazakhstan, South Africa, Laos, Myanmar and Tunisia.

“Following the devastating flooding in Texas, His Majesty King Charles has written to President Trump to express his profound sadness at the tragic loss of life,” the embassy said. Following the ...

Dame Priti Patel has urged ministers to “come off the fence” over whether US air strikes on Iran “were absolutely necessary” earlier this summer. The Conservative frontbencher pressed Foreign Office ...

David Jones, who served as Welsh secretary under David Cameron between 2012 and 2014, announced he was joining Nigel Farage’s party on Monday.