The document builds on other investigations by international and Israeli human rights groups and the United Nations.

There were 247,703 conceptions leading to a legal abortion in 2022, a 13.1 rise on the 218,923 recorded in 2021, the ONS said.

Resident doctors will go on strike for five continuous days later this month in their dispute with the Government over pay, the British Medical Association (BMA) has said. Announcing strike dates ...

The European Court of Human Rights also found Russia had broken international law during the conflict in Ukraine.

A woman has been charged with murder after a 93-year-old great-grandmother was found dead in Greater Manchester. Judy Zussman was discovered by officers at an address in Gatley, Stockport, on the ...

Four education unions have made a ‘united’ call to ministers to provide additional investment to schools for increased staff salaries.

Effigies of migrants in a boat have been placed on a loyalist bonfire in Northern Ireland, prompting condemnation and calls for the display to be removed ahead of the pyre being lit.

The father of one of the girls injured in the Southport attack has told an inquiry she was stabbed in the back by a “coward she didn’t see”. On Wednesday, the second day of the public inquiry heard ...

The Crown Prosecution Service confirmed it would not pursue an appeal after Rebecca Richardson was discharged from the extradition request ...

Sir Paul McCartney has paid tribute to his “dear friend” and “incredible” artist Sir Brian Clarke after his death aged 71. Sir Brian designed the cover for the former Beatles star’s 1982 solo album, ...

Plans to reduce the number of jury trials and create a new type of crown court where trials are heard by judges were unveiled on Wednesday.