Liz Truss has refused a Conservative Party member's request for her to apologise for proposing to link public sector pay to local living costs - reiterating that the policy was "misrepresented".

Rishi Sunak was deemed to have won Sky News' Battle for Number 10 after the majority of audience members voted for him over rival Liz Truss.

Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak may have been grilled by Kay Burley but it was the audience members who got first crack at each of the candidates during Sky News' The Battle for Number 10.

A hosepipe ban will come into force today in Hampshire and the Isle of Wight.

A legal ruling is due this morning on whether Archie Battersbee's family can move him from hospital to a hospice so he can die "with dignity".

Police have launched a murder investigation following the stabbing of a boy, believed to be a 15-year-old, in London.

Sir Keir Starmer has been found to have breached the MPs' code of conduct eight times.

Actor Kevin Spacey and his production companies have been ordered to pay the makers of House Of Cards almost $31m (£25.5m) to make up for losses incurred by his sacking for allegedly sexually harassing crew members.

Just a day after the Bank of England warned of a 15-month recession, there are signs in housing and recruitment that the slowdown is already well under way.

Four Vietnamese nationals who are believed to have been in a mill when it caught fire have been named by police.