Hay Festival has suspended its sponsorship with an investment management firm “in light of claims raised by campaigners and intense pressure on artists to withdraw”. Noted figures including comedian ...

Israel’s reprimand of Ireland’s ambassador was “totally unacceptable”, the Irish deputy premier has said. Micheal Martin made the remarks after Ambassador Sonya McGuinness was summoned to the Israeli ...

Sir Keir Starmer took his campaign to Scotland while Rishi Sunak visited Belfast’s Titanic Quarter in a trip that inspired ‘sinking ...

Charles will take over the patronage from the late Queen Elizabeth II, who had been patron of the BOA since her ascension to the throne in 1952.

The top United Nations court has ordered Israel to halt its military operations in the southern Gaza city of Rafah. Israel ...

Unsafe motorway drivers caught on camera by police include a woman applying make-up and a man steering a van with his knees while eating fast food. National Highways released footage of the “shocking” ...

Ken Loach and Mike Leigh have stood down as patrons of the Phoenix Cinema in East Finchley after it it hosted the Israeli-state sponsored Seret ...

Union bosses have warned they are moving “full steam ahead” for a possible summer strike as they rejected a “derisory” pay offer made to council workers across Scotland. Unite said on Friday it had ...

A 16-year-old boy has been stabbed to death in Hayes, west London. The incident happened in Bourne Avenue at 1.30pm today (May 24). Police, London Ambulance Service paramedics, and an air ambulance ...

There has been speculation that the former prime minister might help whip up support for the Conservatives as they languish in the polls.

The Independent has named the best lakes in the UK and London's Serpentine Lake has made the list, find out why.

Jeremy Corbyn has been expelled from the Labour Party after he announced he is standing as an independent candidate in the General Election. The former Labour leader, who was blocked from standing ...