SNP Westminster leader Stephen Flynn has passed party vetting to run for Holyrood next year, the PA news agency understands. Mr Flynn previously announced plans to stand for the Aberdeen South and ...

A teacher who groomed and sexually abused a teenage pupil has been described as a “cold, calculating child predator”. Judith Evans was jailed for two years at Belfast Crown Court on Friday for a ...

Sir Christopher Chope said arm’s-length bodies (ALBs) had gone “rogue”, including National Highways when it rolled out smart motorways, and the Sentencing Council, whose recent guidance has prompted ...

A bus driver who hit and killed a Windrush pensioner as she crossed the road has avoided jail. Ozdemir Zia, 77, hit Edna McLean, 83, as he turned his double-decker near Woolwich Arsenal station, south ...

A 59-year-old Russian captain was arrested on Monday after his container ship collided with a US tanker off the East Yorkshire coast.

Sir Martyn Oliver, chief inspector of Ofsted, said giving parents the information they need in a clear and accessible way was a ‘must-have’.