The King has been praised for being a “steadfast defender” of Canada by the country’s new prime minister in the wake of the US’s threats to its economy and sovereignty. Charles, who is monarch of ...

An MP who recalled his childhood experiences seeing “broken glass or a kicked-in Hoover” has described the need for a domestic abuse offence as a “national emergency”. Josh Babarinde said offences ...

Labour MPs have told ministers it is “not too late to put it right” by establishing a compensation scheme for women affected by state pension age changes. They joined opposition MPs in supporting an e ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

A SENIOR Jersey civil servant has questioned whether Guernsey was “ever really committed” to a joint tender process to find a ...

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 ...