By Michael Talibard, DOES religion drive a rift between generations? Not quite, but the fact that the elderly are generally more religious than younger adults can feel uncomfortable for both and is ...

Liz Kendall insisted the Government’s welfare reforms were in “the right place” now after she was forced to scrap most of the planned changes in the face of a Labour revolt. The Work and Pensions ...

Israel’s defence minister could face UK sanctions over a proposal to force Palestinians into a closed section of the Gaza Strip, the Foreign Secretary has hinted. David Lammy has condemned defence ...

A 15-year-old boy who stabbed a fellow pupil to death at school has told a jury that being bullied meant he got angry quickly and “I can’t control it”. The teenager took to the witness box at ...

Triple murderer Nicholas Prosper will not be given a whole-life order for the murder of his mother and siblings after a bid to increase his sentence was dismissed at the Court of Appeal. Prosper was ...

TV presenter Jeremy Clarkson is to host a new spin-off of Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? called Millionaire Hot Seat. The new show, which will air on ITV, will see contestants sit in a queue around ...

Scottish ministers are being urged to rethink a “poor decision” to grant a licence to cull hundreds of gannet chicks in the first guga hunt for four years. Animal welfare campaigners at OneKind said ...

A Turkish court has convicted Istanbul’s jailed opposition mayor and the chief rival to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of insulting and threatening a public official and sentenced him to a year and ...

Actress Emma Watson and a Harry Potter co-star have been banned from driving at the same court. Watson, who played Hermione Granger in the film franchise, drove her blue Audi at 38mph in a 30mph zone ...

No plant-based milk available in the UK is “nutritionally equivalent” to cows’ milk, a team of UK experts has concluded. Plant-based milk drinks – including soya, oat and almond milk – have soared in ...

The Star Wars lightsaber used by villain Darth Vader will go under the hammer for the first time. The weapon and duelling prop used in the 1980s films, Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back and Star Wars ...

Harry Potter actress Emma Watson has been banned from driving for six months after being caught speeding. Watson, who played Hermione Granger in the film franchise, drove 38mph in a 30mph zone in ...