The statue of Sir Winston Churchill in Westminster has been defaced with graffiti branding the former prime minister a “Zionist war criminal”. Other phrases including “Stop the Genocide” and “Free ...

Labour was pushed into third place in Gorton and Denton, behind both the victorious Green Party and Reform UK.

Pakistan’s defence minister has said his country had run out of “patience” and now considers itself in an “open war” with neighbouring Afghanistan. The remarks came after both sides launched strikes ...

International Airlines Group, which also owns Aer Lingus, said its operating profit increased by 17.3 last year to 5.0 billion euros ...

Plumber turned Green MP Hannah Spencer hailed her victory in the Gorton and Denton by-election and called out others for scapegoating communities. The 34-year-old took one of Labour’s safest seats, ...

It is the first time in nearly 100 years that the Gorton area of Manchester will not have been represented by a Labour MP.

The Green Party has won its first ever parliamentary by-election in Gorton and Denton, dealing a bitter blow to Sir Keir Starmer. Labour’s defeat, trailing in third behind Zack Polanski’s Greens and ...

Labour’s deputy leader has admitted the Greens had won the “argument that they were best placed” to keep Reform UK out of Gorton and Denton. Lucy Powell appeared to concede defeat as counting was ...

The Greens appeared confident that they were in the lead as counting was underway in the Gorton and Denton by-election. Zack Polanski’s party said “things are feeling positive”, while Labour sources ...

The backlog includes 206 rape trials that are not listed to start until 2028, while four will not get under way until 2029. Victims’ Commissioner Claire Waxman described the wai ...

GfK’s long-running Consumer Confidence Index dropped three points to minus 19 in February to a level last seen in November, ...

Quiet Waters will feature in an exhibition of the wartime prime minister’s paintings and art materials at Chartwell in Kent.