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Stephen Lawrence was murdered in April 1993 in Eltham, south-east London. Earlier this week, the BBC publicly named one of the main suspects in the murder of Stephen Lawrence. In response, Stephen’s mother, Baroness Doreen Lawrence, said: “It shouldn’t have been a journalist to do the work that a huge and well-resourced institution should have...

The Windsor Framework improves the Northern Ireland Protocol but does not solve all its problems, a House of Lords inquiry has concluded. It amends the NI Protocol, the 2019 agreement that kept NI within the EU single market for goods. Some of its main operational aspects will be implemented from October. They include the expansion...

Two officers were viciously attacked in the street with a knife while dealing with the aftermath of a moped crash on Wednesday afternoon (July 26). The incident unfolded at 4pm, after officers had initially attempted to stop the moped that had been spotted ‘driving erratically’. A short time later it was involved in a collision...

Katya’s daughter Masha and Ksyusha were desperate to see the Kelpies before they left Scotland A man who hosted a family fleeing the war in Ukraine has driven a mother and her two daughters 2,500 miles back to their home country. Katya Voichenko has been living in the Moray town of Burghead since she arrived...

Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email NatWest boss Dame Alison Rose has resigned from her position after admitting to being the source of an inaccurate story about Nigel Farage’s finances. In a statement released early on Wednesday morning, NatWest...

Sign up for our free Brexit and beyond email to get the latest headlines on what Brexit means for the UK. Sign up for our Brexit email for the latest information Ministers pledged to protect consumers from “any escalating costs” associated with green policies, as Conservative MPs called for a “rethink” on the pace of...

A “twisted” pedophile who posed as a model scout to lure child victims has admitted to 88 sex crimes. David Harmes, 27, pleaded guilty to crimes involving 39 victims in the UK and six in the US over a six-month period between July 2019 and February 2020. He was taken into custody at Chester Crown...

Kenmore sits on the banks of the River Tay and is home to around 100 residents. Arizona-based Investors Discovery Land Company has snapped up a slew of real estate in the region, causing concern among locals that the area is becoming “elite hoarded.” By Connor Gillies, Scotland correspondent @ConnorGillies Saturday 22 Jul 2023 04:55, UK...

Sign up for the View from Westminster email to get expert analysis delivered straight to your inbox Get our free Westminster email view Nigel Farage has said he is considering suing Coutts’ owner, NatWest, after his bank account was closed, sparking a major dispute over free speech and interventions by top government officials. The arch-Brexiteer...

Jess McDonald joined the force in 2018 as a trainee detective The Metropolitan Police was recently described as institutionally misogynistic in a review by Baroness Casey, who found that the “boys’ club” culture was widespread and that the force was failing to protect the public from officers abusing women. Met commissioner Sir Mark Rowley told...