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The home secretary has announced a shakeup of family reunion rules for refugees in a bid to deter small boat crossings.

Mobile phones connected to 4G and 5G networks will vibrate and emit a siren sound for up to 10 seconds

Surgical tools, medical supplies and drugs were seized from Geoffrey Baulcomb’s home

David Warburton represented the Somerton and Frome constituency in Somerset from 2015 until June 2023

Charities warn the changes will ‘push more desperate people into the arms of smugglers in an effort to reunite with loved ones’

Thames Water’s largest group of creditors is to offer an additional £1bn-plus sweetener in a bid to persuade Ofwat and the government to pursue a rescue deal with them that would head off the nationalisation of Britain's biggest water utility.

The PM says he is "proud" of his deputy as criticism over how much tax she paid on a flat purchase continues.

Sia Fay was in her Manor Street home with her two children when the window in their living room was smashed.

Sia Fay was in her Manor Street home with her two children when the window in their living room was smashed.

Keir Starmer has attempted to take back control of his government with a mini-reshuffle on MPs return from recess. But tension at the top of the party has not gone away, political editor David Maddox reports

An 18-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of murder after a woman fell from a block of flats.

Home secretary Yvette Cooper says the first asylum seekers to be returned to France under a new deal will begin later this month

The prime minister has moved to get a grip on the political agenda after a torrid year and also sacked his director of communications

Kennedi Westcarr-Sabaroche, 25, was found dead in Hackney having been strangled by her boyfriend.

Charity Coram Family and Childcare has criticised the eligibility criteria for new free childcare entitlements

South Wales Police have opened a probe into the ‘sudden death’

David Warburton was an MP from 2015 to 2023 – he resigned after admitting taking cocaine.

David Warburton was an MP from 2015 to 2023 – he resigned after admitting taking cocaine.

Colin Smyth, who has been suspended by Scottish Labour, is facing a police charge over the allegation.

Senior figures from across the political spectrum gathered to remember Hefin David in Gelligaer on Monday.

It comes amid continued criticism of the deputy prime minister’s purchase of an £800,000 flat in Hove

Minority groups ‘are depicted as outsiders, reinforcing exclusionary narratives’, study warns

The UK has just sizzled through its hottest summer on record, a phenomenon made 70 times more likely by climate change, the Met Office said today.

More than 700 people have been arrested since the group's proscription in July.

The new record has smashed the one previously set in 2018

The daughter of a man who was killed by two children has told Sky News "there is a possibility" he could have still been alive if police had taken anti-social behaviour reports more seriously.

Geoffrey Baulcomb had been in touch with the self-styled 'Eunuch Maker', the Old Bailey hears.

A judge says police have been facing "difficult and hostile" environments in Essex.

Some routes will see fares fall by as much as 50% at busy times, but on others prices will be unchanged.

The average UK house price now stands at £271,079