The Justice Secretary hopes the move will also help clear the court backlog of cases waiting to be dealt with.

United Utilities did not report at least 102 million litres of illegal sewage pollution to regulators, a BBC analysis found.

The excavation at the world-famous site near Inverness, which witnessed the final battle of the Jacobite rising in 1746, is combining traditional archaeological methods with techniques developed ...

Britain’s Got Talent has announced it will be postponing auditions for the show following the death of former One Direction singer Liam Payne. The ITV programme’s producer, Freemantle UK, did not say ...

The latest estimated gap was wider for men than women and for full-time employees compared with part-time workers.

Lord Mackinlay of Richborough wore the traditional scarlet robes for the short introduction ceremony in the upper chamber.

Former One Direction star Liam Payne has died after falling from the third-floor balcony of a hotel in Argentina. Local police said the 31-year-old fell into the courtyard of the Casa Sur Hotel in the ...

Counter terrorism police are investigating whether Russian spies planted a bomb in a parcel that caught fire at a delivery warehouse after arriving on a plane to Britain. Fire crews and staff tackled ...

Truong My Lan was also convicted of money laundering and illegal cross-border money transfer charges, according to state-run media.

The singer rose to stardom at the age of 16 after joining the boy band on the ITV singing competition in 2010.

Kemi Badenoch has distanced herself from the comments and does not have the power to decide Tory Party policy.

Former Metropolitan Police officer David Carrick has appeared in court charged with multiple sex attacks on a woman and a girl under 14. The 48-year-old is accused of two counts of rape, one count of ...