Green belt under extreme pressure as planned developments increase

The number of houses planned to be built on former green belt land in England has increased four-fold in the last eight years.

Hospital staff ‘nervous’ over PM’s lockdown plan as ‘cold wave’ adds to COVID pressures

Senior hospital staff have admitted the prime minister's roadmap out of lockdown is making them "a bit anxious and nervous". 

GCHQ wants AI to help UK combat crime and disinformation attacks

GCHQ has said it believes it can use artificial intelligence (AI) to help expose disinformation attacks by hostile foreign states trying to undermine the UK's democracy.

UK government urged to ‘act unilaterally’ over Northern Ireland protocol

The UK government has been told to "act unilaterally" over the controversial Northern Ireland protocol in its trade deal with the EU.

Whisky collection sells for almost £6.7m at auction

One bottle of whisky fetched a whopping £1m at auction as part of an impressive 3,900-strong collection that became the highest-value of its kind.

‘Dear British, we envy you’: Germany’s top-selling newspaper admires UK’s vaccine rollout

Germany's top-selling newspaper has hailed the UK's COVID vaccine rollout success and its plans to lift lockdown, announcing on its front page: "Dear British, we envy you."

Five officers investigated for alleged manslaughter after death of man following arrest

Five police officers are being investigated for alleged manslaughter after a 24-year-old man died following his arrest in Milton Keynes.

Inmates ‘beheaded and dismembered’ as 79 killed in Ecuador prison riots

Dozens of inmates have died, with some reportedly beheaded and dismembered, during a series of riots at prisons in Ecuador this week.