Britain is paying the “going rate as a tenant for… the best defensive real estate in the whole Indian Ocean”, a former Foreign Office chief has said as he backed the Chagos Islands deal that is set to ...

Dom Sibley’s titanic triple century powered Surrey to a club-record 820 for nine as Durham felt the heat with the Kookaburra ball in the Rothesay County Championship. Resuming on 169, Sibley, who made ...

Carlos Alcaraz rushed to help a spectator who collapsed during his opening match at Wimbledon, pausing play on Centre Court as temperatures soared. The defending champion handed over a bottle of water ...

Lisa Nandy has hit out at the leadership of the BBC over its decision not to pull the live stream of Bob Vylan’s Glastonbury performance. The Culture Secretary said “several” editorial failures ...

Food delivery firms will ramp up facial verification and fraud checks in the next 90 days to crack down on illegal working after talks with ministers. Deliveroo, Uber Eats and Just Eat met with Home ...

Nine people smugglers have been jailed in France for their involvement in a small boat crossing over the English Channel that left four people dead and four others missing. Home Secretary Yvette ...

Plaques have been unveiled on the statues of slave traders in London which reveal the “enormous wrongdoings” of the men as part of a new project to reinterpret them. The City of London Corporation has ...

A criminal investigation is under way after the performances of Bob Vylan and Kneecap at Glastonbury Festival, police have confirmed. Avon and Somerset Police said officers had reviewed video footage ...

Forest fires fanned by high winds and hot, dry weather damaged some holiday homes in Turkey as a lingering heatwave covering much of Europe led authorities to raise warnings and tourists to find ways ...

A LONG-awaited “roadmap” intended to help keep children away from crime – with a focus on prevention, early intervention and rehabilitation – is being released today [MONDAY 30 June]. The document, ...

WEIGHT-LOSS drugs that last week became available on the NHS will not be available through Jersey’s publicly funded healthcare system for treating obesity until September at the earliest. A government ...

The Government has called for an urgent investigation after the group behind one of Britain’s largest oil refineries collapsed into administration, putting hundreds of jobs at risk. State Oil – the ...