Sir Keir Starmer has said he told Xi Jinping he wanted “respectful” relations with Beijing as he became the first prime minister to meet the Chinese president since 2018.

The Welsh Government will create a deposit return scheme for Wales, after pulling out of a UK-wide approach which did not include glass bottles, it has announced. England, Wales, Scotland and Northern ...

Official documents showed Jose Antonio Ramos Calamonte received a pay package worth £1.17 million for the year to September 1.

The family of a German backpacker murdered in Northern Ireland has “trust and considerable hope” that a new inquest can deliver long-awaited answers about her death, a coroner has heard. The body of ...

Habeeb Khan admitted a charge under the Online Safety Act after holding an imitation AK-47 and making threats towards the English Defence League.

The Queen has been left heartbroken after the death of her beloved dog and “much-loved companion” Beth. The Jack Russell terrier was adopted by Camilla from the Battersea Dogs and Cats Home, just like ...

A yellow cold health alert has been issued for London for five days, with an increased risk to the lives of vulnerable people.

The UK has announced fresh sanctions against Iran for aiding Russia’s war efforts in Ukraine. Iran’s national airliner Iran Air will be subject to an asset freeze in response to the country’s transfer ...

One of the capital’s main train routes linking north and south London will be shut over Christmas. Thameslink has revealed that no services will run between St Pancras and Sutton from Christmas Day ...

Snow has fallen across parts of the UK after the coldest night of the season so far. Temperatures dropped to minus 7.8C in Tulloch Bridge, Scotland, in the early hours of Monday, which is the lowest ...

Sara Sharif’s stepmother and uncle have declined to give evidence in their trial for the 10-year-old’s murder. Over two weeks in the witness box, Sara’s father Urfan Sharif, 42, had blamed his wife ...

A £10,000 reward is being offered by detectives investigating the suspected murder of a father and son who disappeared in Spain five years ago. Sussex Police are renewing calls for information into ...