Actress Jane Birkin’s original Hermes Birkin has sold for £8.6 million – becoming the most valuable handbag to ever be sold at auction. The original Birkin, named after the British actress and singer, ...

Reach is expected to cut around 50 jobs as part of an overhaul focused on its sports coverage. The company, which publishes the Daily Mirror, Daily Express and a host of regional titles, said the ...

A man who punched an Iraq War veteran three times in a street attack which led to his death 10 months later, has been found guilty of his murder. Gregory Twigg, 32, landed three “powerful and cowardly ...

Losing British drug giant AstraZeneca from the London Stock Exchange would be a “devastating blow”, Tory former chancellor Norman Lamont has said as he warned the Government against using pharma firms ...

Grenfell bereaved and survivors have accused the Government of “incompetence or outright indifference” after it paused investigations into possible bans for firms criticised in connection with the ...

A national strategy to address the underachievement of boys in education is “urgently” needed, a Labour MP has said. “Too often working class boys start behind and stay behind,” Sam Rushworth, MP for ...

This roundup of claims has been compiled by Full Fact, the UK’s largest fact checking charity working to find, expose and counter the harms of bad information. Are ‘Channel migrants’ 24 times more ...

Sir Stephen Fry, Ellie Goulding and Cherie Blair were among the famous faces in Wimbledon’s Royal Box on day eleven of the championships. Sir Stephen was seen speaking to Welsh comedian Rob Brydon on ...

Singer Bob Dylan is to return to the UK and Ireland for a 13-date tour following a successful run of gigs last year that included three nights at the Royal Albert Hall. The 84-year-old will perform in ...

Sir Keir Starmer and French President Emmanuel Macron have agreed a plan to send back small boats migrants, with an asylum seeker being sent to the UK in exchange. The Prime Minister said the scheme ...

There was confusion and anger in Liberia on Thursday after US President Donald Trump praised the English skills of President Joseph Boakai. “Such good English,” Mr Trump said to Mr Boakai, with ...

Belfast rap trio Kneecap have said they are “banned” from advertising one of their posters on the London Underground. The group have been in the headlines since one of their members, who is due to ...