Calls to ban smacking and other forms of physical punishment against children in England have failed to receive Government support. Education minister Stephen Morgan said the UK Government is “looking ...

The Government has blocked an attempt by the Conservative Party to ban children from having mobile phones in school. Labour MPs defeated a Conservative amendment which would have forced headteachers ...

US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin “are very good friends” who are focused on ways to strengthen the bonds between the United States and Russia, US director of national ...

Adolescence co-writer Jack Thorne has praised his fellow writer and actor Stephen Graham for the “extraordinary” idea for the show. Each of the four episodes of the Netflix crime drama about a boy ...

Sir Keir Starmer has welcomed the new prime minister of Canada to Downing Street on his first foreign trip since being sworn in last week. Mark Carney also met the King at Buckingham Palace after he ...

A French politician has suggested the US is no longer worthy of keeping the Statue of Liberty. The call from Raphael Glucksmann, a member of the European Parliament and co-president of a small ...

Semisonic have pushed back at the White House for using their hit song Closing Time over a social media post that shows a shackled deportee. The White House added the song in a post of a man with his ...

TV presenter Davina McCall has said returning to work after she was diagnosed with a brain tumour “feels amazing”. The 57-year-old, who will co-host Comic Relief on BBC One on Friday, underwent ...

A New Mexico court has approved a temporary hold on the release of documents related to the death of US actor Gene Hackman and his wife Betsy Arakawa containing sensitive footage and images. The ...

Pope Francis is registering new slight improvements in his month-long treatment for double pneumonia, the Vatican said on Monday, as it also provided some details on the first photo of the pope ...

MPs have been urged to support moves to ban smacking and other forms of physical punishment against children in England. According to the Children Act 2004, it is unlawful to hit your child except ...

Russian interference networks tried to disrupt the UK general election last year, but did not cause a “notable” impact, the security minister has said. Efforts to promote pro-Russian messages during ...