The Independent has long campaigned for thousands of IPP prisoners who are jailed without hope

The prime minister said anyone convicted of unlawful killing would be excluded from the early release scheme

A rescue was launched to try to help the vessel in trouble south west of Eddystone Lighthouse and off Plymouth

Nadia Perrier’s husband Michael was a fit and healthy professional footballer before he suffered a sudden cardiac arrest in 2021. Faced with losing the father of her unborn child at five months pregnant, one person’s actions changed everything

The deal comes after rail union Asleft announced plans to ballot members on possible strike action amid a pay dispute

Most supermarkets will be operating on reduced hours for the summer bank holiday

Thundery showers are forecast over the Bank Holiday weekend

Piers Morgan joined those donating to the fundraiser to help Peter Melhuish captain his team at Lord’s next Saturday

Donald Trump’s administration is reportedly looking for ways to incentivise the UK to increase its defence investment

As Sir James Cleverly announces he is quitting the shadow cabinet to run for London mayor, political editor David Maddox considers the implications for the election in two years’ time, and why Kemi Badenoch will be happy

John Healey is looking to avoid increasing taxes on the public - but must find other ways to plug a gap in public finances

Matthew DuPlessis, 35, was given a sentence of nine years and three months following the death of Charlotte Dodd

The catastrophic floods have killed 676 people and left hundreds more missing

Train hit a van as a crossing in Burscough, Lancashire, on Saturday afternoon, killing the man inside

The former foreign secretary and Braintree MP says the capital needs ‘a champion, someone who understands its potential and is prepared to fight for its future’

Jaden Wright, 23, appeared at court charged with grievous bodily harm and intentional strangulation in separate case

Police said man’s body was found in a house in Dungannon alongside an injured young girl

Poll suggests younger workers are more likely to call in sick to cover a late night or hangover compared to those aged over 55

Some areas within the warning could see 15-25mm of rain in an hour

Constables Matthew Blades, 37, and Pc Tom Clough, 38, lost their lives in the A66 horror crash

Two men who drove at excessive speeds on a busy Leeds dual carriageway caused the deaths of a mother and her four-year-old daughter as they walked to school.

The prime minister’s first full term in power could spell the end of his political honeymoon

For almost 40 years, Stephen Retford enjoyed uninterrupted views of fields from his home – then hulking great warehouses were built just over his garden fence. He thought things couldn’t get worse, then the noise started, as Dan Haygarth reports

Aisha Khurram has not seen her family in five years after she fled Afghanistan – now she won’t be able to fulfil her dream of studying at Oxford University due to new Home Office rules

Passengers reached Antalya more than 12 hours after their arrival time

Five groups of pensioners will not be eligible for the payout

Those with higher levels of xylitol in their blood had a 57 per cent higher risk of heart attacks and strokes

An arsonist torched two cars parked on a driveway in the middle of the night, fleeing with his hand on fire, as a family with children slept inside the house in Slough.

It came after 494 migrants arrived in the UK on Thursday