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A man has admitted sending Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch threatening emails, including one in which he said "when I was in the IRA I would have shot you f****** dead".

A migrant vessel heading towards the UK spent more than 33 hours at sea, French officials have said.

Four people who died in a house fire in Bootle, Merseyside, were a woman and three children, it has now been confirmed.

A British father has pleaded guilty to causing the death of his child after he fell from a hotel window in Cyprus.

Two men have been arrested over a suspected terrorist plot to target the Jewish community in the Manchester area.

The finance chief of London-listed marketing services group WPP is quitting in the middle of its turnaround to be reunited with her former Tesco colleague, the Diageo chief executive Sir Dave Lewis.

Amanda Staveley, the Mayfair financier best-known for her roles in takeovers of Premier League football clubs Manchester City and Newcastle United, is joining the board of Ctrl Alt, a financial infrastructure start-up.

The RAC, Britain's oldest breakdown recovery service, is shelving plans for a multibillion pound London stock market listing in favour of a deal that will see two of its three shareholders offloading their stakes in a private transaction.

Southern Water has received another fine just two months after being told to pay £7m over illegal sewage dumping.

Paramount has reached a settlement with California and other states that sued over the media giant's $110bn (£82.2bn) merger with Warner Bros Discovery.

Hayden Panettiere died after taking an accidental overdose of several drugs, including fentanyl, a coroner in the US has said.

Paramount has reached a settlement with California and other states that sued over the media giant's $110bn (£82.2bn) merger with Warner Bros Discovery.

Ed Sheeran has apologised to fans for the handling of a controversy which has threatened to engulf his tour.

Converse, the American footwear brand, has apologised for an ad which critics said evoked Ku Klux Klan imagery, saying it recognised why the image was "deeply upsetting".

British rapper Sway, who made history as the first unsigned artist to win a MOBO Award, has died aged 44.

A man has admitted sending Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch threatening emails, including one in which he said "when I was in the IRA I would have shot you f****** dead".

Specialist courts to deal with rape and sexual offences are to be introduced across England and Wales, the prime minister has said.

A national taskforce aimed at tackling misogyny across society has been launched by the government.

Sir Keir Starmer's departure means Sir Ed Davey, in post since early 2020, is now the longest-serving national party leader.

Liberal Democrat leader Sir Ed Davey has suggested he would support the approval of the Jackdaw gas field, saying the UK will "need a lot of gas in the transition" to net zero.