A book about preserving languages which are going extinct has won the British Academy Book Prize for Global Cultural Understanding 2024.

Ministers could see off the “devastating effect” of a possible Trump win next month by confiscating frozen Russian sovereign assets, an MP has claimed. Helen Maguire, the Liberal Democrats’ defence ...

The CPA is made up of more than 180 law-making bodies around the world, including the UK Parliament, Stormont, Holyrood and the Senedd.

Richard Holden says that if the meal was Italian or French it would already have Traditional Speciality Guaranteed status.

Police searching for missing mother Victoria Taylor have found a body in the River Derwent, close to where she was last seen. Ms Taylor, 34, disappeared from her home in Malton, North Yorkshire, on ...

Scientists from the University of Southampton are experimenting with a new wing-sail which can be fitted to vessels to use the wind to travel.

After presenting the news, Myrie, 60, will join the results show in Washington DC, hosted by Perry and Somaskanda, who will welcome BBC US special correspondent Katty Kay and BBC News presenter ...

Scotland’s First Minister has hinted that the already scaled-back programme for the 2026 Commonwealth Games could be cut further if costs spiral. John Swinney said the Scottish Government has reached ...

In the Commons, Peter Prinsley, the MP for Bury St Edmunds and Stowmarket, described the BBC as a ‘vital UK soft power’.

A former British soldier accused of escaping from prison was spotted doing a “pencil roll” from underneath a truck before “casually” walking away, a court has heard.

Jaroslaw Rossa, 42, and his sons Filip, 15, and Dominic, seven, died when the Toyota he was driving was involved in a head-on crash with a Skoda near Tebay services, Cumbria, on Tuesday October 15.

Substantial changes to the Bill mean that it is unlikely to pass before a polling date is held before Christmas.