Two U.K. Labour MPs are drawing up amendments on the issue that will likely be considered by the House of Commons this summer.

With sunny weather forecast for this week and the May bank holiday weekend, skin cancer experts are concerned about the ...

The UK's children's commissioners have called for a wholesale smacking ban, describing the current situation where there is a ...

In March, the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH) said smacking children should be consigned to the history ...

The murder of 10-year-old Sara Sharif in 2023 led to renewed calls from campaigners for a total ban across the UK. The girl’s ...

Northern Ireland's First Minister has said the British government's decision to appeal a court ruling that a public inquiry ...

Gerry Adams has called a BBC programme in which he claims he was defamed an “attempted hatchet job” that was “full of ...

Judges in Belfast have ruled that NI Secretary Hilary Benn is acting unlawfully in failing to hold a public inquiry into Mr ...

What does the king of England do, exactly? A lot more than you might think, considering he doesn't actually rule the country. Long live the king! We wouldn’t blame you if you assumed monarchies only ...

Spirit is Northern Ireland's most significant manufacturing employer, with about 3,500 staff but there is uncertainty for the ...

Baroness Jones of Whitchurch, Parliamentary under-secretary of state at the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology ...

A stalwart of Arkansas business and finance was confirmed as ambassador to the United Kingdom and Northern Ireland in a U.S.