Looking effortlessly elegant in a green dress and navy blazer, Princess Anne hosted a private reception for the five heroic women at St James's Palace in London.

The incidents strain a partial ceasefire agreed by Israel and the Lebanese armed group on Monday.

UK | Barney Davis

Is Reform UK ‘controlled opposition’ or is Restore Britain? Two far-right parties are having a messy pie fight. Simon Childs grabs a spoon and dives in.

Keir Starmer’s denial of Britain’s identity-based policing is a scandal.

The UK government is under pressure to end “positive discrimination”, while cracks appear in official position that two-tier policing doesn’t exist.

US military says it struck tanker and sites on Iran’s Qeshm Island and defended Kuwait and Bahrain from missiles

Crime

The Prime Minister says he “felt sick” when he saw the bodycam footage of police arresting 18-year-old Henry Nowak – moments before he died after being fatally stabbed by Vickrum Digwa.

On the campaign trail with the Manchester mayor in Makerfield