Mike Peters, frontman of Welsh band The Alarm, has died from blood cancer aged 66. The rock star, who was forced to cancel a US tour last year after being diagnosed with fast-growing lymphoma, had ...

The Duchess of Sussex has spoken of her “fear of failure” and said she was given business advice by Oprah Winfrey, amid growing controversy over use of her HRH style. Meghan, in her latest podcast, ...

Cabinet ministers have continued talks with the EU’s trade commissioner amid leaks of a mooted UK-EU agreement on “free and open trade” in the face of Donald Trump’s tariffs. Business Secretary ...

A jury has been sworn in for a defamation case brought by former Sinn Fein president Gerry Adams against the BBC. Beginning proceedings at Dublin High Court on Tuesday, Mr Justice Alexander Owens said ...

Kemi Badenoch has said she would not want a man performing an “intimate” examination which checks for breast cancer. The Conservative leader said she would “definitely want a woman” to perform a ...

Two men went on a “moronic mission” to fell the famous Sycamore Gap tree in an act of “mindless vandalism” which they filmed on a phone, a jury has been told. Daniel Graham and Adam Carruthers used a ...

Human rights laws could still be an obstacle to removing foreign sex offenders from the UK, the Home Secretary said, as she suggested changes could be needed to the way the rules are interpreted.

Green MSP Maggie Chapman has survived a vote to oust her as deputy convener of a Holyrood committee, following her controversial comments about the Supreme Court gender ruling. MSPs on Holyrood’s ...

AstraZeneca has doubled down on plans to grow its US business as it braces for the country’s potential tariffs on the pharmaceutical industry. The drug maker said it is “firmly committed to investing ...

Sir Richard Branson said it “feels really special” as he officially opened Virgin’s first hotel in London. The 74-year-old founder of the Virgin Group drove a giant red suitcase to the new location at ...

The organisers of Glastonbury have been told to decide whether Irish band Kneecap should still perform at this year’s festival amid controversy over their apparent call to kill Tory MPs. Home ...

Three Chinese astronauts’ return to Earth has been postponed owing to weather conditions. The astronauts – Cai Xuzhe, Song Lingdong and Wang Haoze – were originally due to land on Tuesday in Dongfeng, ...