Swimmers and beachgoers feel ‘powerless’ as some coastal areas have faced more sewage overflows than the whole of 2025

Former pornography baron David Sullivan quits football and releases furious statement ahead of Panorama investigation due to be aired on Monday

Court documents reveal that the palace received a dossier that covered the period when Mountbatten-Windsor was envoy

Servicemen exposed to radioactive fallout in cold war weapons testing are using newly declassified documents to fight for a fair compensation scheme

The British-born billionaire is moving back from Hong Kong in order to bypass rules that would curb his overseas donations to Nigel Farage’s party

It was recently revealed by The Guardian that before he stood to be an MP in 2024, Nigel Farage received a £5 million gift from billionaire Christopher Harborne. But is there anything wrong with that?

A tribunal has provisionally ruled that the excessive fees for lawyers and little redress for shoppers is not in the public interest

Protests staged in Spain in bid to prevent docking, but Britons will disembark after deaths of husband and wife

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Owning or selling sophisticated electronic gadgets that unlock vehicles remotely now carries a five-year prison sentence

Disillusioned, overwhelmed, or dogged by scandal, nearly 70 councillors have quit, stood down or been kicked out since last May

Operator SSE Renewables is paid £10m a year to turn off 103 turbines as national grid lacks transmission capacity

Production near existing projects will use infrastructure already in place

Windfarms are receiving ‘constraint’ payments to shut down, while gas generation is rising as a replacement

A former modelling agent says he is prepared to testify that he introduced the future first lady to her future husband

Anti-corruption body looks into White & Case concerning ‘false or misleading information’ in deal's document

Octopus Energy criticises government decision that Ming Yang turbines area national security risk

The law firm is under investigation following a multibillion dollar embezzlement case involving one of its clients

Nigel Farage is struggling to formulate a position for his party on the war

Anger as Whitby’s last bank is set to become an all-night gambling site despite local opposition