East Midlands Railway and the Rail Accident Investigation Branch are looking into the cause of the Bedford crash

Ministers tell The Independent they will urge Starmer to quit but PM said he will ‘not walk away’ from No.10

A passenger on board one of the two trains that collided south of Bedford on Friday afternoon (19 June) said he was feeling “angry” the morning after the crash.

Costly repairs for Peter Fairchild’s old Ford Mondeo forced him and his wife into buying a cargo e-bike – and they haven’t looked back

Exclusive: An unexpected letter turned the lives of Buxton residents Sandra and Colin Ralphson upside down

Our community are split over Oxfordshire Council’s bid to ban flags on lampposts. While some saw them as a source of division, others argued they’re a legitimate expression of national pride

The RMT union confirmed that a driver dried in the crash while more than 80 people were injured

The Ministry of Defence challenged UK firms to develop the weapons with a speed of more than 600km per hour

The ban will be enforced through hi-tech ankle tags, the Ministry of Justice has said

Police Scotland said an explosive ordnance disposal team is at the airport and a cordon is in place with roads closed

A high Court injunction prohibits drivers from racing, performing stunts or or organising meet-ups in known London hot spots

As transport secretary Heidi Alexander become the first to tell Keir Starmer to go, he insists he will fight a leadership contest and urges Labour to ‘pull together’ and ‘avoid plunging the country into chaos’

A statement win in Makerfield has given Andy Burnham a chance to take on Keir Starmer and become prime minister. What do voters now expect from their new MP? Dan Haygarth finds out

It wasn’t so close after all. Andy Burnham achieved 9,241 votes more than the second place Reform candidate, Robert Kenyon. Even talk of Restore Britain stealing votes from Reform mattered little in the end. The reality of the Makerfield by-electio...

Political editor David Maddox explains why the crushing by-election defeat shows that the Reform bubble has burst

An 18-year-old woman has died days after being seriously injured in a loading vehicle incident

Gen Z say ringing a doorbell is too intrusive and formal

Kate argues children need to ‘thrive in the world today’ just days after social media ban introduced for under-16s

In a reader Q&A, chief political commentator John Rentoul addressed questions on Andy Burnham’s rise, Keir Starmer’s survival and the potential successors, suggesting Labour now faces a managed but uncertain leadership transition rather than an i...

The Makerfield by-election winner has spoken out on income tax, stamp duty and more – so what might change?

Kenneth Law admitted causing the deaths of 73 victims in the UK, but will face no court in this country. Adele Zeynep Walton, whose sister Aimee died after taking poison sent by Law, speaks to Nicole Wootton-Cane about why she believes the government...

Lilian Rogers said she didn’t ‘comprehend the true, disgusting meaning’ of the sign

Entry had to be forced into the room where Dr Naeem Ahmed was found dead

The Met Office has issued an amber weather warning for extreme heat

A three-year-old boy was taken to hospital with serious injuries and is critical but stable

The pair were acting on instructions from a shadowy Russian-speaking Telegram account called El Money

Janice Nix, 67, was sentenced for scalding Andrea Bernard, 5, to death in a hot bath nearly 50 years ago

The three-year-old child remains in hospital in a critical but stable condition

The MP for Tewkesbury has been released on bail

UK would not be forced to join the euro or Schengen, Michel Barnier said, but he would not be drawn on Margaret Thatcher’s budget rebate

With Andy Burnham’s landslide return to frontline politics and Sir Keir Starmer’s leadership under renewed scrutiny, chief political commentator John Rentoul is here to answer your questions and offer insight from Westminster

Mark Fellows, 45, Lee Newell, 57, and David Taylor, 64, fatally stabbed Kyle Bevan at high-security HMP Wakefield in West Yorkshire last November

The Met Office has issued an amber weather warning for extreme heat ahead of an expected heatwave

Andy Burnham’s victory in a special U.K. election Friday could lead to the end of Keir Starmer’s premiership

‘Manchesterism’ underpins the veteran politician’s plan for Britain. Here’s what Andy Burnham says he would do as prime minister

The Law Commission has put forward that mandatory life sentences for murder should be abolished

The Manchester politician has bucked a trend of declining support for Labour – and political allies will be taking note

Since 2016, average house prices have surged by 43 per cent with flats a more modest 10 per cent

The UK economy was growing strongly prior to the vote to leave the EU

Robert Chung was described as a ‘financial drain’ who watched movies non-stop while his elderly mother did all the cooking and cleaning

Andy Burnham has hailed his landslide victory over Reform UK in the crucial Makerfield by-election as a “turning point” as he insists Labour has a “final chance to change”.