A bus driver who killed a nine-year-old girl riding her bike on the pavement having fallen asleep at the wheel with drugs in his system has been jailed for four years, the Metropolitan Police said.

George Hirst netted his first international goal and Che Adams grabbed a hat-trick as Scotland eased to a 4-0 victory against Liechtenstein. Ipswich striker Hirst put Scotland three ahead in the Vaduz ...

Labour backbenchers have called for a Government U-turn on planned disability benefit cuts, after Chancellor Rachel Reeves restored winter fuel payments to a majority of pensioners. Ms Reeves’ £1.25 ...

There were “missed opportunities” to save a teenage terror suspect who was groomed by a neo-Nazi before her death at a children’s home, a coroner has concluded. Chesterfield Coroner’s Court heard that ...

The mother of an autistic teenager who was groomed and “brainwashed” by right-wing extremists says she was not treated as a vulnerable child before she took her own life. Rhianan Rudd, who died aged ...

Nato secretary-general Mark Rutte has said he sees no discrepancy between the UK’s current defence spending goals and his own push for members to reach 5% of GDP. The Nato chief would not reveal the ...

A plastic surgeon who stabbed a fellow doctor after trying to set fire to his house because he wanted him “out of the way” has been jailed for life with a minimum term of 22 years. Peter Brooks, 61, ...

A senior Labour figure in local government has said he is “confident” the spending review will boost council funding as he called for further measures to support people struggling in poorer areas. Sir ...

Plans for a Chinese super-embassy in central London have become a “walk of shame” for the Government, a former leader of the Conservative Party has said. Sir Iain Duncan Smith said response by the ...

Manchester City have completed the signing of left-back Rayan Ait-Nouri from Wolves. The 24-year-old Algeria international has signed a five-year contract at the Etihad Stadium after the clubs agreed ...

A house fire that killed a nine-year-old girl and her father in West Yorkshire could have been started by a tumble dryer, a councillor said. An 11-year-old girl has also been left fighting for her ...

California governor Gavin Newsom said he plans to sue US President Donald Trump in response to the administration’s extraordinary deployment of the National Guard to confront immigration protesters ...