Hopes have been raised that the British-Iranian woman Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe could be allowed to return to the UK after Iranian officials returned her British passport.

More than 100,000 Britons have offered sanctuary to Ukrainian refugees under the government scheme launched yesterday. 

In Northern Ireland there are fears that, as the cost of living crisis grows, as much as 40% of the population could soon be living in fuel poverty.

Chelsea have withdrawn a request for their FA Cup tie at Middlesbrough on Saturday to be played behind closed doors after a row with the government over ticket sales for the game.

It has been a tumultuous couple of years for British policing. Allegations of institutional racism, misogyny and corruption have been levelled at the Metropolitan Police - the UK's biggest force. 

Ukrainians with relatives in the UK have a right to come here provided they have a visa. But a man from Essex has been waiting for nearly three weeks for his parents, sister and nephews to get to the UK.

Refugees fleeing the war in Ukraine now have the chance of finding shelter in the spare rooms of British homes. 

Five years ago a landmark inquiry concluded that over a 73-year period, children in Northern Ireland's care homes suffered systemic physical, emotional and sexual abuse and neglect. 

Women's rights campaigners have won a High Court victory over the Metropolitan Police, which threatened them with huge fines if they organised a demonstration during lockdown in memory of murdered Sarah Everard. 

Foreign Secretary Liz Truss has announced that sanctions have been imposed on a further 386 members of the Russian Duma for their support for the Ukrainian breakaway regions of Luhansk and Donetsk. 

Tens of thousands of children in England are persistently absent from schools, according to a new report from the Children's Commissioner, including some who haven't returned after the pandemic lockdowns. 

Hundreds of Ukranians are stuck in Calais after trying to reach the UK.

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We spoke to Lord Lisvane, who used to serve under the House of Commons speaker John Bercow as Clerk of the House of Commons and made a complaint about him.

We spoke to John Bercow and put to him a verdict by Parliament’s Independent Expert Panel which found he was “a serial bully” and “liar”.