Diezani Alison-Madueke had been accused of receiving bribes from oil tycoons but was found not guilty by a jury at Southwark Crown Court.

The Transport Secretary had been aiming to reduce the backlog to seven weeks by this autumn.

A teenage boy is accused of fatally stabbing nine-year-old Aria Thorpe at her Weston-super-Mare home.

An apology will be issued on behalf of the state over the historic practice, the education secretary says.

Higher petrol prices were offset by slower price rises for meat, dairy and vegetables, according to the ONS.

David Hunter, who suffocated his wife in 2021, dies in Cyprus aged 78.