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Repair Shop presenter Jay Blades has resigned from the King's Foundation after being charged with engaging in controlling or coercive behaviour towards his wife.

The early prisoner release scheme is not Labour's fault, the foreign secretary has said, as the Tories accused the government of making "rookie errors".

The foreign secretary has said the UK and allies will not be "bullied by Putin's shameless grandstanding" as the prime minister faces pressure to allow Ukraine to fire British long-range missiles into Russia.

At least eight migrants have died off the coast of France while attempting to cross the English Channel - as new data reveals 801 people arrived on the UK's shores yesterday.

The United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) has an annual get-together in September for the good, the bad and the ugly of world diplomacy.

The Liberal Democrats will call for free school meals for all children in poverty which will lead to "better academic progress".

Strictly Come Dancing has returned for its 20th anniversary series - launching with pizazz as usual, despite the controversy surrounding the show in recent months.

Liberal Democrat leader Sir Ed Davey has called for a tax on the wealthiest instead of cutting support for "struggling pensioners".

Babcock International, the London-listed defence contractor, is weighing a possible bid for some of the assets of Harland and Wolff, the shipbuilder which is close to collapse.