Care home deaths felt like a “cull of older people who could no longer contribute to the society”, the UK Covid-19 inquiry has heard as Matt Hancock defended his handling of an “impossible” situation.

Al Qareem has been in top form this season, winning at Nottingham in the Further Flight Stakes in April before finishing an honourable second to Aidan O’Brien’s Gold Cup runner-up Illinois at Chester.

Roy Barclay denies murdering Anita Rose, who was found unconscious in Brantham, Suffolk, on July 24 last year.

Kate met patients and staff at Colchester Hospital on Wednesday, where she admired the facility’s wellbeing garden.

Dame Priti Patel asked whether ministers ‘are afraid’ of Labour backbenchers, who might ‘force them into another embarrassing U-turn’.

On Wednesday, Mr Gordon raised the matters again and asked the Court of Appeal to use its jurisdiction to refer matters to the DPP. He said the application on the affidavits had been made “some months ...

Downing Street said the Prime Minister supported his Chancellor after Sir Keir Starmer declined to commit to her future in the Commons.

The Prime Minister said he wanted to ‘prevent future tragedies’, and the Government will conduct a call for evidence on minimum barrier heights.

The number of migrants crossing the English Channel in a single year has passed 20,000 in record time. Some 440 people made the journey in eight boats on Tuesday, bringing the total for 2025 so far to ...

Pinnington Jones chose not to follow Draper straight into the professional game, heading to college in the United States, but he could not have made a better Wimbledon debut, defeating Argentinian ...