National Headlines

MPs will once again have to decide on what could be the biggest social change since abortion was legalised - whether to back assisted dying.

The sanctions announced by the UK government on West Bank settlers this week "played straight into the right-wing coalition's hand" in Israel, a prominent Jewish Labour peer has said.

The RNLI has advised its staff and volunteers to choose carefully when to wear its uniform after what it described as "unacceptable abuse" endured in recent weeks.

Seven men have been arrested after four were injured, one critically, following a stabbing in a London high street.

A mother has been charged with the murder of her 17-month-old daughter, police said.

Two people have been arrested on suspicion of assisting Iran's intelligence service, the Metropolitan Police said.

A former PE teacher has been found guilty of having a sexual relationship with a 16-year-old schoolboy.

A man who once ordered a hitman to kill his ex-partner has been jailed for throttling a woman because she was singing along during a performance of We Will Rock You.

There were 35 cases of emergency helicopters being attacked by a laser in the first six months of 2026, new data from the UK's air regulator shows.

A British man was preparing to sabotage a UK drone factory on behalf of Russia, a court has heard.