Sir Keir Starmers embattled former chief of staff Sue Gray will miss a meeting of regional leaders seen as key to her new role as she takes a break before returning to work, it is understood..

Assisted dying will be debated and voted on in the House of Commons next month, for the first time for almost a decade..

The police officer who shot Chris Kaba dead says he understands the distress caused to his family but that his actions were lawful, proportionate and necessary as he was trying to save the lives of his colleagues, a jury has heard..

An Israeli strike on a school sheltering displaced people in the Gaza Strip has killed at least 27 people, Palestinian medical officials said..