Foreign Secretary David Lammy chaired a ministerial meeting of the Cobra emergency committee on Monday to discuss the crisis.

Mexican in Mayfair, comfort food in St John’s Wood and Japanese cooked by robots: Ben McCormack lifts the lid on October’s ...

October is Black History Month in the UK: a time to celebrate and reflect on the legacy of black trailblazers, culture and ...

Prisons minister Lord James Timpson said violence and illicit drug use at HMP Rochester were at ‘dangerously high levels’.

The former BBC Breakfast host has weighed in on the controversy surrounding Bychkova and her celebrity partner Tom Dean's ...

Ferne McCann has been announced as a Dancing on Ice contestant just weeks after she quit her ITV reality show, citing it as a ...

Donald Trump has been accused of referring to horror film The Purge in suggesting police should be allowed “one rough hour” to clamp down on crime. The Republican presidential candidate told a rally ...

Dikembe Mutombo, the basketball icon and NBA Hall of Famer, has died aged 58 after a battle with brain cancer. The league ...

The Conservative former minister said he had a collection of the wargame figurines stretching back to his childhood.

The UK’s top civil servant Simon Case has announced he is stepping down at the end of the year on health grounds. Cabinet ...

The duke swept into the Royal Lancaster Hotel to meet youngsters and their parents who will be recognised with awards from ...

James Blunt has said he will change his name to “whatever the public wants” if his re-released debut album tops the charts 20 ...