Two men went on a “moronic mission” to fell the famous Sycamore Gap tree in an act of “mindless vandalism” which they filmed on a phone, a jury has been told. Daniel Graham and Adam Carruthers used a ...

Sir Richard Branson said it “feels really special” as he officially opened Virgin’s first hotel in London. The 74-year-old founder of the Virgin Group drove a giant red suitcase to the new location at ...

Kemi Badenoch has said she would not want a man performing an “intimate” examination which checks for breast cancer. The Conservative leader said she would “definitely want a woman” to perform a ...

Human rights laws could still be an obstacle to removing foreign sex offenders from the UK, the Home Secretary said, as she suggested changes could be needed to the way the rules are interpreted.

Green MSP Maggie Chapman has survived a vote to oust her as deputy convener of a Holyrood committee, following her controversial comments about the Supreme Court gender ruling. MSPs on Holyrood’s ...

The organisers of Glastonbury have been told to decide whether Irish band Kneecap should still perform at this year’s festival amid controversy over their apparent call to kill Tory MPs. Home ...

AstraZeneca has doubled down on plans to grow its US business as it braces for the country’s potential tariffs on the pharmaceutical industry. The drug maker said it is “firmly committed to investing ...

Three Chinese astronauts’ return to Earth has been postponed owing to weather conditions. The astronauts – Cai Xuzhe, Song Lingdong and Wang Haoze – were originally due to land on Tuesday in Dongfeng, ...