A man has admitted murdering and decapitating his 21-year-old girlfriend before texting her mother pretending to be her and searching for internet pornography.

Planning has begun for the next census of England and Wales, with the survey expected to take place in 2031. A census of the population has been held regularly since 1801, typically every 10 years, ...

The UK Government should expand the grooming gangs scandal inquiry to cover Scotland, the shadow Scottish secretary has said. Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer announced a probe after initially ruling ...

Work to get US tariffs on UK steel removed will go on in the coming “days, weeks and months”, the Transport Secretary has said, after a deal was finalised that left the future of those levies up in ...

Mercedes boss Toto Wolff has called Red Bull’s protest “petty” and “embarrassing” after George Russell beat reigning world champion Max Verstappen at Sunday’s Canadian Grand Prix.

A woman has died after being found with stab wounds inside a house where a gas explosion took place. The 46-year-old was found fatally injured inside a house in Dumont Road, Stoke Newington, ...

Flight AI159 was planned to depart Ahmedabad, India, at 1.10pm local time on Tuesday, and arrive at Gatwick airport at 6.25pm BST.

Manchester United chief executive Omar Berrada remains confident the club can mark their 150th anniversary in 2028 by winning both the men’s and women’s league titles.

Ante-post favourite Illinois headlines eight declarations for Thursday’s Gold Cup at Royal Ascot. His trainer Aidan O’Brien has won the two-and-a-half-mile highlight a record nine times, with ...

Energy firm Utilita is to pay around £277,000 in compensation after failing to pay its Warm Home Discount payments on time, Ofgem said. The regulator found Utilita – which supplies 800,000 customers – ...

TV star Kim Woodburn, who rose to fame presenting How Clean Is Your House?, has died at the age of 83 following a short illness, her manager said. Woodburn also appeared in Celebrity Big Brother in ...

The Justice Secretary has described measures proposing to decriminalise abortion as “extreme” as she outlined her opposition ahead of a vote by MPs. Amendments likely to be debated on Tuesday are ...