Children as young as nine are getting sucked into drug dealing and violence - with thousands of young people in England "groomed, harmed and even killed", a new report warns.

A government minister has confirmed two groups of people who had crossed the Channel in small boats were left stranded in London after a "misunderstanding" with Home Office officials.

An Assembly election will not be held in Northern Ireland in December, secretary of state Chris Heaton-Harris has said.

Russia's ambassador to the UK has claimed Britain played a role in an attack on its warships - warning the country is "too deep" in the Ukraine war.

Twitter employees are finding out whether they are being laid off today - one week after Elon Musk's takeover.

A British man who had COVID for 411 days is thought to have had the virus longer than anybody else in the world and survived.

The energy regulator has approved a scheme that will see households and businesses taking part receive financial rewards for saving power at times of peak demand.

FIFA's leadership has written to World Cup teams urging them to focus on the tournament in Qatar and not be part of lecturing on morality and dragging football "into every ideological or political battle that exists".

The Prince of Wales has announced the finalists for his Earthshot Prize, rewarding ideas designed to help the environment.

A move to end Friday prison releases would help stop freed inmates walking straight back into the arms of criminal gangs, campaigners have said.