Non-crime hate incidents should only be investigated by police where there is “a real risk of imminent criminality”, the shadow home secretary will say. Chris Philp will use a speech at a major ...

Sir Keir Starmer has said he has “no plans” to join the Bluesky social media platform. The Prime Minister told reporters that “at the moment” there are no plans to establish official Government ...

A FRESH weather warning has come into force for snow and ice across Ayrshire. The Met Office yellow warning runs from 7pm on Tuesday night until 10am on Wednesday morning. Snow and ice may lead to ...

Eric Trump has confirmed his younger brother Barron persuaded his father to go on a podcast tour as part of efforts to court Gen Z and millennial voters. Eric, Trump’s second son, said the ...

Russia’s “irresponsible rhetoric” on nuclear weapons will not deter UK support for Ukraine, Sir Keir Starmer has said. Vladimir Putin has lowered the threshold for nuclear weapons on the 1,000th day ...

The Taoiseach has branded as chilling a manifesto pledge from Sinn Fein to commission a review of RTE’s objectivity in its coverage of international conflicts. Mr Harris said the proposed examination ...

The US president-elect’s son said his father ‘loves’ Elon Musk and that the three recently attended a mixed martial arts event together.

Many farmers protesting over changes to inheritance tax are “wrong” about the policy, the Environment Secretary has said. Steve Reed rejected claims that the Government has underestimated how many ...

President-elect Donald Trump has chosen Howard Lutnick, head of brokerage and investment bank Cantor Fitzgerald and a cryptocurrency enthusiast, as his nominee for commerce secretary. The position is ...

The Kremlin updated its weapons doctrine so that any large conventional attack on Moscow could meet the criteria for a nuclear response.

Google’s partnership with AI firm Anthropic will not face further investigation by the UK’s competition regulator, it has been confirmed. The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) said its ...

Senior Labour figure Lord Mandelson urged the Prime Minister to use Reform UK leader Nigel Farage as ‘a bridgehead’ to Donald Trump.