The family hope Lord Scott KC will shine a ‘glaring spotlight’ on the actions of police and prosecutors in the murder investigation.

Some 10,605 assaults on staff in male and female jails were recorded in the period up to December 2024, at a rate of 122 per 1,000 prisoners.

Government funding for free school meals offered to pupils in Reception, Year 1 and Year 2 will rise from £2.58 to £2.61 a meal in September.

Cast and crew from the programme, which is being axed by BBC Scotland, were at the Scottish Parliament on Thursday.

Kate Osborne MP said the Supreme Court’s decision ‘will have a huge impact on my life and many other cis lesbians’.

Popular English idioms such as ‘spill the beans’ are evolving as they pass from one generation to the next, according to the British Council.

Leeds Crown Court heard that Adrian Daniel, 33, died 10 days after he was hit by Mansfield Town player Lucas Akins, who was driving his seven-year-old daughter to a piano lesson in a Mercedes G-Wagon ...

Constance Marten has told jurors she moved from place to place with her newborn to prevent the baby from being taken into care, insisting she and her partner did “everything we could to protect her”.

Teachers at Roedean School have voted to strike over proposed pension changes and planned redundancies, the school has confirmed.