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Braverman is the latest high-profile Conservative to embrace Reform UK leader Nigel Farage's message that Britain is broken and overrun by migrants.

Officials say using AI will free up 6 million hours of police time – the equivalent of 3,000 officers – each year

George Campbell, 69, slept in bus station as officials questioned his right to live in the UK after hospital stay

Team GB head to Italy with an unprecedented number of medal chances

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Britain is preparing for the most radical overhaul of its policing system since 1829, with the government set to unveil plans for a new National Police Service (NPS) — quickly dubbed the “British FBI.” The proposed force aims to take on terrorism, cybercrime, fraud, online child abuse and organised gangs,…

A row has erupted within Britain’s governing Labour Party after its popular mayor of Manchester was prevented from standing at a special election, with critics claiming that Prime Minister Keir Starmer did not want to see a potential rival back in the House of Commons

Clare Hazell married Arthur Edward Guinness, Earl of Iveagh, she stepped into Britain’s aristocracy and became custodian of one of the country’s grandest estates.

Edwin Mtei, who passed away on 20 January 2026, was the first governor of Tanzania’s Central Bank after independence from Britain.