A spokesman for London Fire Brigade said it is responding alongside the Metropolitan Police to reports of a person scaling the Palace of Westminster. Emergency services at the Palace of ...

A man with a Palestinian flag has climbed part of Elizabeth Tower at the Houses of Parliament in Westminster, central London. Police and crews from the London Fire Brigade are at the scene.

Negotiators are continuing to appeal to a man who is several metres up the clock tower of Big Ben to come down as darkness falls across central London. Footage shared on social media shows a ...

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer departs 10 Downing Street, London, to attend Prime Minister’s Questions and Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves’ spring statement at the Houses of ...

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The speaker of the Irish parliament faces a confidence motion on Tuesday over her handling of a vote that cut opposition speaking rights. Ireland’s main opposition parties tabled an ...

Disruption which led to the suspension of Ireland’s parliament was “regrettable, unseemly and unbecoming”, Irish deputy premier Simon Harris has said. Opposition leaders are to meet on ...

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A dramatic increase in children judged to have special educational needs has created another dysfunctional market driving ...

Elizabeth I died childless so was succeeded by her cousin, James VI of Scotland, who henceforth assumed the title of James I of England as well. James's accession meant that the three separate ...

Architects are reporting widely varying levels of understanding among clients about the new building safety regime some 18 months after regulations came into force. Anecdotal evidence suggests that ...