The Tory grandee backed plans to reduce the number of jury trials and create a new type of crown court where cases are heard by judges.

The debate followed a public petition against repealing the legislation which attracted more than 170,000 signatures.

Ben Stokes praised Shoaib Bashir’s bravery after England’s young spinner claimed the match-winning wicket in a thriller against India, despite suffering from a broken finger that rules him out of the ...

Yvette Cooper told MPs French actions have stopped 496 boat crossings this year so far, while 385 arrived in the UK.

The president joined players on the field at the MetLife Stadium, in New Jersey, to hand Chelsea their championship trophy.

They marched to Parliament Square in Westminster, brandishing regiment flags and Union flags, and were flanked by a motorbike procession.

TRIBUTES have been paid to a 'much loved' woman who died in a pedestrian collision last week. Christine Whiting, died at the scene of the incident on Carlton Road, Carlton Miniott, near Thirsk, at ...

A new drama is coming to BBC Two this week, starring Teresa Palmer and Jim Sturgess. Mix Tape is set in Sheffield in 1989 and sees Daniel and Alison meet as teenagers at a house party. Here’s what we ...

Detectives investigating an allegation of sexual touching are appealing for key witnesses to come forward. The incident, in Whitby, involved a man in his 60s and a woman aged in her 50s, who left the ...

Ben Stokes paid tribute to Jofra Archer as the twin protagonists in England’s 2019 World Cup final triumph starred again exactly six years on to seal a nail-biting win over India.

The director-general of the BBC, Tim Davie, said it was an ‘option open to those on the ground’ to cut the livestream.

The Queen officially launched the garden, co-designed for dogs by TV gardener and author Monty Don, at Battersea Dogs and Cats Home.