The change in policy comes after Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer wrote to President Emmanuel Macron.

Families seeking help for their children’s complex needs describe threats of police action against them.

Bridget Phillipson told the BBC the climbdown would enable wider benefits to be delivered quickly.

The Spanish coastguard has been coordinating search and rescue efforts since Thursday morning.

More than 200 patients suffered harm, including unnecessary mastectomies, the BBC has been told.

After gales and severe gales on Friday, conditions stay changeable into the weekend with further wet weather as Simon King explains