The government collects communications over Mandelson's ambassador appointment as some of Sir Keir Starmer's own MPs call on him to stand down.

The couple are among seven people suing the publisher of The Daily Mail and The Mail on Sunday for breaches of privacy.

Ruthless France inflict more pain on Ireland as the Six Nations holders open their title defence with a bonus-point victory at a buoyant Stade de France.

The results, in The Lancet journal, come from trials involving more than 120,000 people comparing statins with a dummy drug or placebo.

Analysis of government data shows numbers increased from 3,560 in 2021/22 to 19,310 in 2024/25.

Relatives face "never-ending nightmare" of service charge debts as thousands of retirement flats stand empty across England and Wales.

A cross-party group calls on the government to "align funding to need", as ministers consider SEND reforms.

The Winter Olympics opening ceremony takes place on Friday, and for the 16 days that follow many eyes of sport lovers worldwide will be focused on the Milan-Cortina Games.