Maldives asks Andy Burnham to reopen talks over Chagos Islands

Maldives president ‘deeply ⁠disappointed’ not to be ​consulted when Keir Starmer agreed to cede sovereignty of ‌islands to Mauritius last year

Deputy Chief Constable Andy Mariner has said officers are ‘absolutely ready’ to use powers to ban face coverings

The body, which was discovered on 28 August, is believed to have been there for several weeks

Imogen Tinkler’s life was blown apart when her baby daughter went unresponsive in her arms. She says knowing one skill ‘made an unbearable loss more possible to live with’

The two women have been charged after a post-mortem found the girl to have suffered multiple injuries

Hailey’s Bush’s heroic actions to try to stop the shoplifter at a Co-opstore in Paulton, Somerset, comes as retailers lose billions of pounds a year to the criminals

‘My days may be numbered, but that doesn't mean that I want this chamber to rush through bad law just so I might have a chance to see it or use it’, Ashley Dalton told the Commons

Trevor Dunkley told police he dumped her body ahead of a house move

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Exclusive: Over-tariff IPP prisoners have resorted to horrifying acts of self-harm, including Wayne Gregory, who has mutilated his own face, and Carl Lamb, who cut off his own ear, as Amy Clare-Martin reports

Gross domestic product (GDP) increased by 0.4% in July, following growth of 0.3% in June, official figures showed.

The byelection will pose early test for Andy Burnham’s popularity with the public

The Chilean jack mackerel is of lower nutritional value and is imported from South America

Vice-president of Prime Air said the advantages of a drone over a van are ‘really simple’

Watch live as 9/11 victims are remembered in a special event held in London 25 years on from the September 11 attacks on Friday.

Alexandra Bell started working for Good Boy Dog Walker, based in Haxby, in July 2022

The former property tycoon was previously jailed for hiring a hitman to murder his ex-partner

Watch live as MPs vote again on the UK’s assisted dying bill as it returns to parliament on Friday (11 September).

Gye Worthy was arrested at Cole Worthy’s funeral on Wednesday

Renewables and nuclear make up 73 per cent of Britain’s electricity generation

Exclusive: Sir Max Hill, former Director of Public Prosecutions, says the bill will provide better safeguards as figures reveal most assisted deaths are never properly scrutinised

The cost of Pip is expected to rise to more than £41 billion per year by 2030

Just 12 MPs switching sides could block the bill, which is set to be voted on this afternoon

Childline founder and former broadcaster Dame Esther Rantzen has once again added her voice to calls for the law to be changed

At least 300,000 people were impacted by a technical glitch that caused mass cancellations this week

It marks a surprise uplift after economists were expecting the economy to show zero growth for the month

In an exclusive op-ed for The Independent on the 25th anniversary of 9/11 , Sir Ken McCallum warns Britain faces the ‘worst of both worlds’ – as Russia and China pose growing threats alongside terrorism

Sweden is holding an election Sunday that will determine whether a conservative leader remains in charge and a hard-right party wins ministerial jobs for the first time, or whether the center-left returns to power

Brits Michael and Christine Egan both died on the 103rd floor of the south tower on September 11, 2001. Now, 25 years on, Jonathan Egan has been working hard across the pond to make his Yorkshireman father proud