The expansion is being backed by an extra £1.5 million in funding, newly-appointed minister Ashley Dalton told the Commons.

A transgender doctor continued to use female changing rooms after an incident with a female nurse who objected and said “I decided to put my big girl pants on and be brave”, an employment tribunal has ...

Lee Anderson questioned if someone identifying as a llama, who then becomes ill, should ask for a ‘doctor, a vet or a straitjacket’.

The UK is said to have followed the US in not signing a declaration from leaders on agreed practices around AI development.

Wind farms are subject to the “highest levels of national security”, Downing Street has stressed, amid reports ministers could sign off on Chinese involvement in a major North Sea project.

The figures relate to five-year-olds with any enamel and/or dentinal decay and show that 37 of children in the most deprived areas are affected.

SDLP leader Claire Hanna said the party was taking the stance in protest at the US administration position on Gaza.