National Headlines

Twelve people have been arrested over an alleged "extreme right-wing terrorism" threat to an Islamic event in Suffolk.

A prisoner inside Wandsworth jail helped Daniel Khalife get money while he was on the run after escaping from prison under a food delivery truck, a court has heard.

Police have launched a murder investigation after the bodies of three people were found in a family home in Ballymena, Co Antrim. 

A fifth British national has been identified as a victim of a wildfire in southern Spain in which killed more than a dozen people.

An MP groped the breasts of two women at a London club after pestering them to join him for a drink, a court has heard.

A cross-party group of MPs has told prime minister-in-waiting Andy Burnham he should allow councils to increase council tax by as much as they want.

World-leading medical research in the UK is not yet delivering better health outcomes for enough people in the country, according to a new report.

The persistent disadvantage gap in schools will be an "early challenge" for the next prime minister, researchers are warning.

A new vaccine to combat a strain of Ebola spreading across the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) will soon be tested on adults in the UK, under plans announced today.

Potential theatre strikes across London's West End this summer have been averted after union members reached a proposed agreement with The Society of London Theatre (SOLT).