Barker previously had convictions for battery as a juvenile

More than 30 people reported feeling tremors as far away as Edinburgh

UK terror threat level raised as incident declared terrorist attack and suspect named

MP’s cry of ‘object!’ forces government into formal vote on scrapping standards scheme

The report noted Covid-19 restrictions ‘comprised ability to treat women fairly and humanely.’

MP’s shout of ‘object’ bring’s chaos to parliamentary proceedings

A specialist Urban Search and Rescue team and equipment were also used to confirm the building was at no further risk of collapse

Caroline Nokes claims 81-year-old smacked her ‘on the backside about as hard as he could’ in 2003

‘It’s not impossible that there could be other people involved,’ Damian Hinds says

Inspectors find teenagers locked in cells during school day as concern mounts about youth custody system

Latest updates as Boris Johnson praises driver’s ‘incredible presence of mind and bravery’

Bomber, 32, rented property where explosive components were found

National terror threat incident raised to severe as detectives probe how attack failed

Announcement on integrated rail plans is expected this week

Tensions with France escalated after 1,185 people reached the UK in a single day last week.

More than 2,500 long-serving officers and other police staff are working despite not having up-to-date level of vetting, data shows

Covid pandemic has led to an increase in poaching across Sumatra, say conservationists

Prime minister uses Mansion House speech to tell Germany to stop ‘mainlining Russian hydrocarbons’

‘The truth of the matter is he is lucky to be alive’

Business chiefs and economists say huge disruption lies ahead if Downing Street triggers Article 16

The walrus could be the female ‘Freya’ seen in Germany and Holland in the last few weeks

Two were sentenced to eight years and nine months in jail while the third was given 11 years

Analysis: The project was supposed to deliver a new line between Manchester and Leeds

Voters ‘more interested in great big bills than Great Barrier Reef’, says Edward Leigh

No current plans to move to Plan B, says PM, as he calls for Britons to get booster jabs

Even the party faithful are now asking ‘how can we handle the tough stuff’, warns Bim Afolami – after Owen Paterson ‘debacle’

Kwasi Kwarteng said standards commissioner should ‘decide her position’ during botched attempt to overrule finding

Assange has ‘committed no crime’ and should be praised, says former Labour leader

The mother of a six-year-old girl who was stabbed in the chest was released by police without charge.

Latest updates on Covid-19 in the UK

PC Graham Kanes made the comments during an arrest last year, a hearing heard

A total of 1,185 people reached the UK in small boats on Thursday

Top government adviser says offering jab to younger age groups could make ‘big difference’ to transmission

‘It cannot go on getting worse,’ Lake District national park boss says

PM has been repeatedly slated for appearing without a mask

Ask John Rentoul about the latest plans the government has to reform how MPs are held accountable as they serve in public office

One in eight traders has lost business, while a quarter of small firms are considering quitting of Britain, Dispatches reports

Former EU Brexit negotiator continues turn to the right

Former attorney general Sir Geoffrey Cox is sought-after commercial barrister

Change of security stance comes just nine months after alert level was lowered

Officers found 418kg of class A drugs when they stopped a lorry heading for Channel Tunnel

‘The taxi driver in question did behave with incredible presence of mind’

Winter festivities ‘in our hands’, says Dowden as Van-Tam extols benefits of booster vaccine

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Bystander rants about asylum seekers before broadcast is cut short

Fourth suspect arrested as police probe potential Remembrance Sunday link

British Poultry Council rowed back on warnings that there may be a shortage

It’s a ‘basic principle’ that the prime minister ‘has to be able to decide who is in his cabinet’, Oliver Dowden says

Government will also be urged to publish minutes of meetings with Randox, which employed Owen Paterson as consultant

There is imbalance of power in marriages where ‘women make more compromises than men’, she says