Labour’s Mary Kelly Foy said planning decisions on these sites ‘have frequently been underpinned by prejudice’.

Matthew Pennycook dismissed anxiety from campaigners that Planning and Infrastructure Bill could lead to a weakening of environmental law.

Sly Stone, the revolutionary musician and dynamic showman whose Sly And The Family Stone transformed popular music in the 1960s, 1970s and beyond with such hits as Everyday People, Stand! and Family ...

Police have confirmed that a body found over the weekend is that of a Colombian woman who disappeared after leaving her east London home. Yajaira Castro Mendez, 46, was reported missing to the ...

Failures of a senior doctor in his care of a teenager who died days later from sepsis were “particularly grave” and “essentially amounted to gross negligence”, a medical tribunal has found.

Labour backbenchers have called for a Government U-turn on planned disability benefit cuts, after Chancellor Rachel Reeves restored winter fuel payments to a majority of pensioners. Ms Reeves’ £1.25 ...

An 11-year-old girl has also been left fighting for her life in hospital after the fire broke out in Heckmondwike on Sunday.

A 14-year-old boy who was fatally stabbed in Manchester has been named by police as Ibrahima Seck, with his family paying tribute to him as “funny, caring and hardworking”. Ibrahima was found with ...

Beloved Coronation Street star Sue Cleaver has landed a new job just days after exiting the ITV soap opera. The actress, who played the role of Eileen Grimshaw, ended her 25-year stint on the show ...

Nato secretary-general Mark Rutte has said he sees no discrepancy between the UK’s current defence spending goals and his own push for members to reach 5% of GDP. The Nato chief would not reveal the ...

The best-selling author was known for a number of crime thrillers, including The Day of the Jackal, which was recently adapted into a Sky TV series.