THE Government has said there is a “diminishing requirement” to restore the crumbling Victoria Marine Lake, despite renewed public interest in the historic bathing pool. The Infrastructure Minister ...

Samples taken from the clothing of an elderly woman found dead in her home in 1967 provided a billion-to-one DNA match for the man accused of raping and murdering her, a court heard. Ryland Headley is ...

Tech tycoon Mike Lynch’s sunken superyacht is due to be raised from the seabed off the coast of Sicily this weekend. The 56-metre (184ft) Bayesian is set to be lifted to the surface near the fishing ...

A new Windrush Commissioner has pledged to act “without fear or favour” in a role which will see him potentially make changes to the much-criticised compensation scheme. Reverend Clive Foster is the ...

The death of a 69-year-old woman found stabbed in her home could be linked to the theft of her diamond encrusted Rolex, police fear. Jennifer Abbott, also known as Sarah Steinberg, was last seen ...

A proposed change to abortion laws must be “workable and safe”, Downing Street said after MPs voted to decriminalise women terminating their own pregnancies in England and Wales. The Commons voted by ...

The European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) must be reformed as public confidence in the rule of law across the continent is “fraying”, the Justice Secretary has said. Shabana Mahmood told the ...

The introduction of proposed legislation to reform the welfare system “marks the moment we take the road of compassion, opportunity and dignity”, the Work and Pensions Secretary has said. Liz ...

The family of a grandmother who died after contracting rabies said she was scratched “very slightly” by a puppy while visiting Morocco in February. Yvonne Ford’s family said she only became ill two ...

Maro Itoje will captain the British and Irish Lions for the first time in their non-cap international against Argentina in Dublin on Friday. Itoje leads a starting XV that features Marcus Smith at ...

A man who stabbed his wife to death as she pushed their baby in a pram told a court he had intended to kill himself in front of her but “lost control” when he thought she was suggesting someone could ...

Emergency workers pulled more bodies from the rubble of a nine-story Kyiv apartment building demolished by a Russian missile, raising the death toll from the latest attack on the Ukrainian capital to ...