Giving evidence to the Joint Committee on Human Rights, Shabana Mahmood said that justices at the UK’s highest court had ‘done their job’.

New guidelines from the independent Sentencing Council were scheduled to come into force earlier this month but were delayed.

Spending money on defence can still save lives around the world, the Foreign Secretary said as he faced criticism over cuts to the international aid budget.

The skulls of three indigenous Ainu people have been returned to their community by a university. The remains, which have been held at the University of Edinburgh’s Anatomical Museum for more than 100 ...

Sir Paul, 82, has written a foreword for the book, which is being published in November, and says: “Suddenly Wings has found its moment. We have a generational shift at work, and it’s like being ...

A 99-year-old RAF veteran said he will be remembering friends “who didn’t make it like I did” through the Second World War on VE Day. Dennis Bishop, a former leading aircraftsman who saw active ...

Around one million people risk being digitally excluded because of red tape which is blocking broadband upgrades to flats and apartments, according to a report. Openreach said that as the UK migrates ...

Dame Nia Griffith said the Government has ‘already announced a comprehensive set of plans’ to ‘prevent the horror of child sexual abuse’.

Call to move Pembroke Dock police station from its Water Street location to a former council building backed despite safety fears raised by locals ...

Doreen Simson was evacuated to Wales from her home in White City, west London, in 1941 at the age of four but was separated from her older brother.

A Gorslas woman who poured boiling water and bleach on wild mice has been given a suspended prison sentence. Carys Ann Roberts, of Cross Hands Road, was banned from keeping animals for seven years ...

The risks of bad advice or fraud from some online financial influencers have been highlighted by bosses from the City regulator.