Judge Mark Bishop said that Cambridgeshire County Council had taken a ‘rigid and blinkered approach to safety issues’.

An Irishwoman who alleged she was raped at knifepoint by the main suspect in the disappearance of toddler Madeleine McCann is bringing a case to the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) against the ...

Manchester bomb plotter Hashem Abedi has been moved to Belmarsh prison after an attack on three prison officers, it is understood. The guards were attacked with hot oil and homemade weapons at HMP ...

Israel’s defence minister has said troops will remain in so-called security zones in the Gaza Strip, Lebanon and Syria indefinitely. The remarks by Israel Katz could further complicate talks with ...

Hundreds of thousands of families across England are finding out on Wednesday which primary school their child will be joining in September.

Chinese leader Xi Jinping has promised Malaysia and Vietnam greater access to Chinese markets as he tours south-east Asia ...

Transgender women with a gender recognition certificate can be excluded from single-sex spaces if “proportionate”, the Supreme Court has ruled as the Government said the decision brought “clarity and ...

Doctors in two end-of-life cases can be named, the Supreme Court has ruled, after the parents of two children said they wanted to “tell their story”. Isaiah Haastrup, aged 12 months, and Zainab Abbasi ...

Scotland’s First Minister has said his Government “accepts” the UK Supreme Court ruling on biological sex, adding “protecting the rights of all” will inform its response. The court handed down its ...

Gary Lineker and Gabby Logan have sent good luck messages to runners from Churchtown Primary School, who are taking on the London Marathon in memory of the Southport stabbing victims.

The Supreme Court’s ruling on the definition of a woman in equality law has been hailed as “a watershed” moment. Campaigners who had supported the legal challenge branded the judgment a “victory for ...