Peers also rejected an attempt to overturn the move by MPs to decriminalise women terminating their own pregnancy.

Labour backbenchers have urged the Government to change course on overseas aid as the Foreign Secretary prepares to set out her plans for the development budget. Yvette Cooper will address MPs on ...

Reform UK Scotland is set to reveal an “unashamedly ambitious” Holyrood manifesto ahead of the elections in May. The party’s plan is to scrap all net-zero subsidies, reintroduce North Sea oil and gas ...

Energy firms have been warned not to rip off businesses as the Middle East crisis forces prices up. Regulator Ofgem and Energy Secretary Ed Miliband have written to business suppliers to demand ...

Sarah Ferguson could have her freedom of the City of York revoked after an upcoming council debate. She became Duchess of York when she married Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor in 1986, and the then-couple ...

An endangered monkey whose foot was saved from amputation thanks to pioneering surgery has given birth. Fifteen-year-old roloway monkey Masaya welcomed infant Lagertha months after a complex operation ...

Ministers said the move, boosting production from 30%, would be coupled with reductions in steel import quotas as part of new trade measures to preserve steel production for criti ...

One school pupil and one university student have died following the outbreak linked to a nightclub in Canterbury.

The US-Israeli war with Iran has killed at least 1,300 people in Iran, more than 900 in Lebanon and 14 in Israel.

The Princess of Wales embraced the royal art of fashion diplomacy at a Windsor Castle state banquet when she matched her gown to the colour of the Nigerian national flag. Kate opted for a glamorous, ...

Two men have been charged in relation to spying for Iran on locations and individuals linked to the Jewish community, police have said. Nematollah Shahsavani, a dual Iranian and British national aged ...