Gustavo Petro said his government would provide loans to those who take up his offer and enlist in programmes to start a business.

Nick Cave has said that the death of Marianne Faithfull at the age of 78 means a loss of “not just a fiercely unique talent, but the stored knowledge of a generation”. Tributes have come flooding in ...

A man receiving palliative care is among the “miserable” residents impacted as 8,000 homes remain without power in Northern Ireland a week after Storm Eowyn. Efforts to repair damaged power lines ...

An alleged victim of a Chinese PhD student who is accused of drugging and raping 10 women told police that she felt “disgusting” after waking up at his London flat, a trial heard.

The Government has signalled it could ‘go further’ after tightening the rules on second jobs at the start of its term.

Rhys Herbert, known as the rapper Digga D, denied supplying up to 60kg of cannabis during a trial of facts in December.

Mrs Badenoch had disputed Reform’s claim that its membership had overtaken that of the Conservatives, accusing Mr Farage of “fakery”.

Dame Emily Thornberry has said the BBC World Service “must be preserved – if we lose it, we won’t be able to get it back”, ahead of the funding settlement for the broadcaster.

Sir Keir Starmer will host German Chancellor Olaf Scholz over the weekend, Downing Street has confirmed. The two leaders are due to meet on Sunday, and comes as the Government is looking to reset its ...

The family of two sisters who vanished earlier this month have been informed after a woman’s body was found in a river close to where they were last seen. The body was recovered from the River Dee in ...

The bridge blockade is planned to mark three months since a concrete construction collapsed at a railway station in November, killing 15 people.

Police officer numbers in England and Wales have been rising for several years, though there are signs this trend may have levelled off, with a handful of forces recording a drop in recent months.