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Millions face losing a voice in local planning under major law changes

Outrage in Devon over "bulldozer's charter"

Napoli XI vs Arsenal: Confirmed team news, predicted lineup and injury latest for Champions League

Kevin De Bruyne hoping for recall with Scott McTominay absent

HMRC confirms bills for 10,500 households for first time under Andy Burnham

Inheritance tax is paid by less than one in 20 estates across the UK.

Guildford: Corrie's headmistress returns to stage in comedy thriller

The Other Side of Murder

Tokyo neighbourhood considers short-term rental ban over bad tourist behaviour

The Shinjuku ward in Tokyo has 3,775 private lodgings

Food for everyone at Kloe’s bakery

I visited Harbours Vegan Bakery on its first anniversary to find out what makes it so special

PSNI chief to be shown sensitive files relating to Jock Davison’s death

Fury over 'appalling' Angela Rayner decision to delay new Warwickshire councils

The government says it wants to pause and review the plans

London family's nine-year nightmare after businessman 'abducted and tortured' in Saudi Arabia

Mother-of-three Mira Lozi breaks her silence after nine years to campaign for the return of her husband Rami Nami

Glasgow Tesco shopper 'dismayed' after spotting Christmas stock in September

"When I saw it, I turned to my partner and said 'surely not' but my eyes were not lying."

Family of West Lothian man killed in 'hit-and-run' left with 'unimaginable grief'

'You will be deeply missed and forever remembered'

Woman subjected partner to campaign of abuse after meeting on TikTok

Lilly Morgan Hubbard, 25, deliberately set fire to a carpet and a toilet roll to stop her ex-partner from leaving

US police fear Meta smart glasses could be used to secretly record them

Exclusive: Documents show officers from Maine to California worry Meta’s camera-equipped glasses will be used either to secretly record them or aid acts of terrorism In January, the New York police department’s counter-…

‘Girl’s day’ controversy reignites debate over how women are treated in South Korean football

A referee is alleged to have made a remark referring to menstruation that has revived concerns about treatment of players It was a comment allegedly made by a referee during a WK League match that became one of the bigg…

‘In parks you only see dogs, never children’: can Bogotá adapt to its ageing population?

With a lower fertility rate than Tokyo and the number of pensioners rapidly rising, Colombia’s capital is being forced to change the way it thinks about growing old From his wheelchair, Alberto Delgado Londoño can see o…

OpenAI models went rogue. We urgently need a better ‘hugging face’ investigation | Mackenzie Arnold and Stephan Llerena

The breach won’t be the last – or the most dangerous – of its kind. We need an agency capable of full investigations into AI incidents When OpenAI first revealed that its AI agents had autonomously hacked a major real-w…

I went to Ikea with my son – and was confronted with my parenting failures | Zoe Williams

The pre-university shop is the moment you find out how much domestic wisdom you’ve managed to impart. In my case, none I have yet again found my ultimate tribe in a high-street shop, this time Ikea. As far as the eye co…

'Unwise' for legal professionals to give character references, says NI's top judge

Dame Siobhan Keegan was speaking to BBC Radio Ulster's Good Morning Ulster programme in a wide-ranging interview.

Zack Polanski faces fight from within Green Party to get selected in crunch London by-election

Camden councillor Hamza Chowdhury launched his campaign to replace Sir Keir Starmer this week by stating the borough does not need ‘a politician you’ll only see on a leaflet’

UK weather maps show 26C September heatwave arriving - 18 hottest areas

Weather maps show a burst of late-summer heat is forecast for parts of the UK next week

Alcaraz can single-handedly end American dreams

Three Americans have the chance to become the first home US Open men's champion since 2003. But Carlos Alcaraz stands in the way.

Up to 50 masked people involved in Derry disorder as petrol bombs thrown at police

Midland policeman turned Channel 5 star sacked over gross misconduct

PC Nicholas Lovatt had been working for Derbyshire Police since 2001

The Proclaimers claim Britain 'freer and more tolerant' a decade ago

The Scottish duo were speaking as they return with their first album in four years