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Business secretary Peter Kyle praised the ‘landmark legislation’ that will ‘drag Britain's outdated employment laws into the 21st century’

Fans of Jane Austen are celebrating the author's 250th birthday with events in Britain and beyond

David Norris, convicted of murdering teenager Stephen Lawrence in 1993, has been denied parole after refusing to identify other gang members in the attack.

Mistletoe is a richly symbolic winter plant with an unusual life cycle. With more than half of England’s traditional orchards lost since the mid-20th century, it would be easy to assume mistletoe is disappearing too. But that’s not the case. Despite dramatic changes in land use, mistletoe in Britain and…

Exclusive interview: Simpson reflects on the tragic passing of his teenaged sister Lily-Rae, which coincided with his rise to become one of Britain’s most reliable boxing headliners

An investigation found Jeffrey Epstein flew nearly 90 times to the UK, sometimes with alleged British victims, raising questions about why Britain never launched a full probe.

Sir Keir Starmer described the agreement as “a huge win for British businesses and working people”

Pledge to invest billions in UK paused, with Washington citing lack of progress on trade barriers across pond

Britain’s fifth-biggest grocer postpones goal by 15 years to 2050, saying revised plan will now cover entire supply chain

The speech is the latest in a series of warnings by Western defence and security authorities about the growing hybrid threat from states such as Russia, Iran and China.

Blaise Metreweli says world ‘more dangerous and contested now than for decades’ as AI and new technologies emerge