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We'll crack down on illegal traveller sites once we quit ECHR, Tories vow

By withdrawing from the European Convention on Human Rights and scrapping the Human Rights Act, the Conservatives said they would have the power to stop groups returning to encampments indefinitely. The party also…

Hayden Panettiere’s poignant final Instagram post before death

Read our privacy notice . Hayden Panettiere shared a poignant post on Instagram just two weeks before her death. The actress , best known for her roles in TV shows Heroes and Nashville, died at the age of 36 on Monday .…

Burnham exchanged messages with Trump chief of staff impersonator

Read our privacy notice . Andy Burnham exchanged messages with someone impersonating Donald Trump’s chief of staff, it has emerged. The Prime Minister was in contact with an unknown individual pretending to be top White…

Eritrean man, 33, dragged pensioner along fence and behind church then raped him

But a witness spotted the 20-minute attack from her window and called police. CCTV showed cars and a double-decker bus passing close to where Desalagne attacked the pensioner. The defendant, who used an interpreter…

Boy, 12, drowns in River Lea near Hackney Marshes

Read our privacy notice . A 12-year-old boy has drowned in the River Lea near Hackney Marshes. The London Fire Brigade (LFB), Met Police and the London Ambulance Service were called to reports of a person in the water in…

Sadiq Khan takes new swipe at Donald Trump: 'London's homicide rate lower than every US state'

Read our privacy notice . Sir Sadiq Khan has ramped up his war of words with Donald Trump by stressing that the homicide rate in London is lower than in every US state. The Mayor of London took a new swipe at the US…

AstraZeneca ditches lung cancer treatment trial

Drug giant AstraZeneca has revealed its latest drug setback in just over a month after halting a late stage lung cancer treatment trial (PA) PA Archive Drug giant AstraZeneca has revealed its latest setback in just over…

Burnham ‘duped’ by impersonator pretending to be Trump’s chief of staff

Jenrick said Reform’s plans “will get 241,000 British people back into work to save the taxpayer £51bn a year, £1,700 for every family in our country”. Here are some of the key proposals outlined by the Reform Treasury…

Virgin Trains granted track access for new Channel Tunnel routes from 2030

Rail regulator the Office of Rail and Road (ORR) said it had granted approval for Sir Richard Branson’s company to run up to 20 new daily return services through the Channel Tunnel . The agreement covers the period…

Possession of child-like sex dolls could be banned under new law

Her private member’s Bill aims to prevent sexual harm and disrupt behaviours that may indicate or facilitate a sexual interest in children. While owning a child-like sex doll is currently not an offence in the UK, those…