UK asylum appeals backlog hits new record high

Some 87,450 cases were awaiting resolution at the end of March – a 72 per cent increase

Two 14-year-old pupils and a 27-year-old male staff member were injured in the incident

Dan Jarvis appointed new defence secretary as Al Carns quits over prime minister’s defence funding plan

Its striking colours and distinctive ‘eye-spots’ saw it clinch the top spot

The tiny mammals have suffered a 70% population decline since 2000

In 2021, 27 per cent said Brexit was going worse than they had predicted, while in 2026 that figure has now risen to 48 per cent, new polling shows

The Reform UK leader has been urged to reverse the decision

Dan Jarvis appointed new defence secretary after Al Carns says No 10 will not listen as he quits over prime minister’s defence funding plan

Family broken, says MP, after Stephen Ogilvie loses eye in attack that prompted two nights of violent disorder

Two pupils, both aged 14, and a male member of staff, 27, were wounded in the knife attack

Kemi Badenoch says Sir Keir’s premiership is ‘falling apart’ with one week still to go in crucial by-election

‘No 10 will not listen,’ Al Carns says as he quits in response to prime minister’s defence funding plan

Sir Keir Starmer ‘sorry’ over resignation of John Healey, who accused the PM and chancellor of being ‘unwilling to commit the resources that the nation needs to defend the country at this time of rising threats’

John Healey announced his resignation as defence secretary on Thursday afternoon

Meteorologists warned that it is poised to reach historic strength and intensify extreme weather events across the globe

Violent protests were sparked in Essex after an asylum seeker living in Epping hotel sexually assaulted a 14-year-old girl

Women and children are in hiding in fear of waves of racist attacks fuelled by hatred spread on social media, as Sam Kiley reports from Belfast

In his shock resignation letter, John Healey accused the prime minister and the chancellor of having been ‘unwilling to commit the resources that the nation needs to defend the country at this time of rising threats’

Protests were held outside The Bell Hotel in Epping last year

10 men have been jailed so far over the disorder that saw police officers attacked

Defence secretary John Healey is the sixth Labour minister to resign in the past month alone

10 men have been jailed so far over the disorder that saw police officers attacked

The softly spoken Yorkshireman has held ministerial roles across housing, local government, and the Treasury

Family broken, says MP, after Stephen Ogilvie loses eye in attack that prompted two nights of violent disorder

Maitiu Mag Tighearnan suggested the protesters have ‘lost sight of the protest and what it stands for’

Maitiu Mag Tighearnan suggested the protesters have ‘lost sight of the protest and what it stands for’

He earlier said they ‘deserve some recompense’, but has now rowed back on that position

The Wegovy semaglutide tablet is taken daily and those with a BMI of 30 or above are eligible

John Healey’s resignation piles more pressure on the prime minister who is now facing damning accusations of failing on yet another key goal for the Labour government

In his shock resignation letter, John Healey accused the prime minister and the chancellor of having been ‘unwilling to commit the resources that the nation needs to defend the country at this time of rising threats’