National Headlines

Russian intelligence is suspected of being behind several "self-igniting" parcel fires around Europe, including one in Birmingham.

The UK's ambassador to Israel alerted London weeks in advance that an attack on Iran by US and Israeli forces was highly likely, a former diplomat at the embassy has revealed.

Leaking details from a National Security Council (NSC) meeting is "utterly dysfunctional and destructive", Harriet Harman has said.

Four men suspected of carrying out surveillance on the Jewish community have been arrested on suspicion of spying for Iran, the Metropolitan Police has said.

A drug dealer has admitted beating a vulnerable former chef to death after allegedly forcing him to sleep beside dogs.

A man who killed his ex-partner's sister and her three children in a house fire has been sentenced to life in prison.

Three women have been interviewed under caution by the Metropolitan Police over suspicions of enabling Mohamed al Fayed's abuse.

Some water companies are instructing bailiffs as they try to recover customers' debt more than 6,000 times in a single year, new data reveals.

German media giant Axel Springer is to buy Telegraph Media Group in a £575m deal that will see the Daily and Sunday Telegraph print titles and their online business come under overseas ownership.

The son of Labour's former deputy prime minister John Prescott has joined the Green Party, Sky News can reveal.