The government that was in place on Friday morning looks very different to the one in place at the end of the day.Angela Rayner has resigned, people have been...

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Kate WhannelPolitical reporter, BBC NewsBBCDavid Lammy has become deputy prime minister and Shabana Mahmood the new home secretary in a major reshuffle triggered by Angela Rayner's resignation. Rayner stepped...

Philip Sim and Megan BonarBBC Scotland NewsGetty ImagesDouglas Alexander has been appointed Secretary of State for ScotlandDouglas Alexander has become Secretary of State for Scotland after the sacking of...

BBCThe cliffs at Ceibwr are home to razorbills, guillemots, fulmars, choughs, kestrels and herring gullsWildlife campaigners have won a legal case against a national park authority in a bid...

Barry O'ConnorBBC News NIPA Media/RTÉBertie Ahern and Joanna Donnelly had both been hopeful of running in the Irish presidential electionFormer taoiseach and Fianna Fáil leader Bertie Ahern and former...

Sir John CurticeProfessor of politics at the University of StrathclydeBBCOn 3 October 2021, Reform UK held its first conference - a modest one-day get-together in Manchester - only a short...

With six successive WSL titles under their belt, Chelsea are showing no signs of slowing down in their desire to stay on top.They are still chasing an elusive first...

Former Conservative minister Nadine Dorries has defected to Reform UK.Speaking to the Daily Mail, the ex-MP for Mid-Bedfordshire said: "The Tory Party is dead. Its members now need to...

A gender-critical book has been readmitted to an exhibition at the National Library of Scotland after being removed in a censorship row.'The Women Who Wouldn't Wheesht' is a collection...

Jonathan MorrisBBC News, South West andTamsin MelvilleBBC News, CornwallBBCNeil Hopper was motivated by sexual interest in amputation, the court heardAn NHS vascular surgeon who had his own legs removed...

A man, thought to be the leader of an organised crime gang that targeted elderly and vulnerable people, is unlawfully at large for a second time.Raymond Lee, 32, who...