More than one million people are expected to descend on the capital

Political editor David Maddox explains why Andy Burnham preparing to offer a bold package of help to younger voters is an important signal on how he might approach Brexit

Two boys were sentenced to four years’ detention on Thursday after the Court of Appeal ruled their non-custodial sentences were ’unduly lenient’

Slovaks are voting in a referendum to decide on canceling lifelong payments for populist Prime Minister Robert Fico and other leaders after their terms end

Evri is suing the corporation for libel over a 15-minute segment which aired on December 15 last year

Exclusive: Former Labour leader backs Burnham as an international statesman after criticism from John Major — but says late wife Glenys would have fought ‘counterproductive’ aid cuts to pay for defence

Exclusive: ‘I know I changed lives by saying to men and women, ‘you don't know how bloody good you are”’

Exclusive: Former Labour leader warns incoming prime minister should not be ‘constrained’ by party’s Brexit ‘red lines’ – and says those who ‘love their country’ will want to return to the bloc

Lord Neil Kinnock has urged Andy Burnham not to be as constrained as Sir Keir Starmer by Labour’s so-called “red lines” on Europe in a wide-ranging exclusive interview with The Independent’s Whitehall Editor, Kate Devlin.

Starmer announced his resignation last month after immense pressure from the Labour Party

Westminster City Council said it faces ‘stark and very tough choices’ amid changes from the ‘fair funding’ review

A wife made a chilling remark to police after murdering her husband of 27 years with a vegetable knife in their Greater Manchester home.

A prison officer has been spared an immediate jail term after engaging in a romantic relationship with an inmate, an affair a judge branded as far more serious than merely "stupid".

Both men pleaded guilty to religiously aggravated intentional harassment just days later

PM-in-waiting ruled out an early election, backed a better post-Brexit trade deal with the EU and chose Martin Scorsese’s Goodfellas among his favourite films

Shelley Davis has been described as a ‘force of nature’ by her loved ones

The prime minister-in-waiting ruled out calling a general election after he enters No 10

McKee died after being hit by a bullet while observing disturbances in Derry in 2019

Exclusive: Family and friends of Craig and Lindsay Foreman are appealing for them to end their ‘freedom fast’ before they suffer irreversible health complications

Maddy Cusack’s former teammate spoke at an inquest on Friday following Cusack’s death in 2023

With his party sinking in the polls and question marks about donations to Nigel Farage, the Reform UK leader has recruited former investigative journalist Miles Goslett

Exclusive: PM-in-waiting wants to make ‘major offer’ with policy package to bridge generational wealth gap

Geordie Greig on how former PM captured social media with his cut-through common sense and calm authority, exploding the myths of any Brexit dividend

Parents commend school for ‘thinking out of the box’ to let students watch England play

The bones of John Gillies, from Kirkintilloch, East Dunbartonshire, were found by forest workers near Sweetwater Gap, Wyoming, last year

Crime prevention chiefs have warned there is ‘no protection’ amid a surge in AI-generated child sexual abuse imagery

Nandito Badea and George Stana were sentenced on Friday at the Old Bailey

Vickrum Digwa was sentenced to a minimum of 21 years in jail after stabbing Henry Nowak to death

Dan Finley said staff should be ‘living and breathing’ the city rather than working from home

Downing Street defended its decision to let pubs stay open for longer and said it had engaged with policing partners ‘throughout’ preparations for the World Cup

Pubs can stay open until the early hours of Monday morning for England’s next game – here’s where is open near you

A former security guard tricked staff at a bank into handing him bags of cash whilst dressed in his old G4S uniform.

The debate over the England flag has exposed a clear divide – with some readers saying it has been ‘tainted’ or ‘weaponised’, while others insist it should be ‘taken back’ as a symbol of unity

Everyone should be ‘mindful of their water use’ amid the heatwave, an Environment Agency chief has said

Two cars were also damaged in the crash, London Fire Brigade said

Chesterfield Borough Council said the demolition at Tapton Terrace was ’the only effective and viable’ solution

Joy Ballard, who starred in Educating Cardiff, also drove a school car to France for a family trip

The increase in reports of dolphin deaths is believed to be due to climate change, experts say

Simon Levy is accused of carrying out a violent sexual attack on a traffic sex worker in January 2025

MP Layla Moran said she had ‘very little confidence’ in the MHRA’s ability to tackle counterfeit weight-loss drugs

Moira Parker had been battling a long-term illness, exacerbated by workplace pressure, when she died

The Makerfield MP signalled he may look at hiking business rates on the giant warehouses, while lifting high street shops and pubs out of having to pay the business rates

The new prime minister should assess the real-world impact of taking 40 per cent out of our development budget – and rule out further cuts until we know what damage is being done, writes Lord Paul Boateng

Looking at Mexico’s football history ahead of England’s World Cup game

Starmer ally Hollie Ridley ran Labour’s field operations in the 2024 general election

The police have issued an appeal in a bid to find a man who approached the two women at the busy station in central London

Much of the Bisiker family are now based in Canada

The case was referred to the Court of Appeal after public outcry over the boys’ sentences