Sir Oliver, known as Olly, will serve as the new Permanent Under-Secretary at the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO).

A predator who groomed an under-age girl online has been jailed for 43 years after he tried to murder her in the street. Ellis Dismore, 24, had sent threatening and disturbing voice messages to ...

The reporter for the Il Foglio daily was detained in Tehran on December 19, three days after she arrived on a journalist visa ...

Sir Sadiq Khan’s £24 million scheme to cut London’s Tube and train fares on Fridays to boost passenger numbers made “no noticeable difference” to demand, Transport for London (TfL) said. The Mayor of ...

MPs will vote on Kemi Badenoch’s call for a national inquiry on grooming gangs after she warned that Sir Keir Starmer’s refusal to back it would fuel concerns about a “cover-up”. The Prime Minister ...

A cross-party group of parliamentarians has hit back at Kemi Badenoch after she claimed it had said “talking about sex groomers was an example of Islamophobia”. The All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG ...

UAE athlete Abdullah Hayayei was killed when he was hit by a metal pole during training in east London in 2017.

Omar Abdirizak was granted bail after being convicted of a Communications Act offence over a video in which he said ‘Look at the artillery ...

Exposure to aircraft noise could increase the likelihood of suffering heart attacks, according to a study. Researchers at University College London (UCL) found people who live near airports – and are ...

PLANS have been approved for a new farmers market in a quiet and rural hamlet east of Thornbury. The market will operate for a maximum of three days a week, but neighbours living nearby raised fears ...

Director Hayley Valentine’s comments come amid ongoing pressure for more of the men’s team matches to be shown on free-to-air channels.