Family pay tribute to British teenager killed in motorcycle crash in Vietnam

Orla Wates, 19, who died after incident on popular Ha Giang loop, described as ‘beautiful, independent and very funny’

‘This is about people’s livelihoods’: how surging tool thefts are leaving tradespeople penniless and afraid

More than 80% of the UK’s tradespeople have had tools stolen. Some have lost months of work as a result. With thefts up 16% in a year, can the police and the government do anything to protect them?

Commonwealth leaders vow to keep seeking reparations after Reform UK plan to halt visas

Politicians warn party’s pledge to ‘punish’ countries seeking justice for slavery will harm and isolate Britain

Antonia Romeo given powerful mandate to deliver No 10’s priorities

PM’s most senior civil servant now has task of rewriting civil service code and ‘making it recognised for improved productivity’

HMS Dragon docks in eastern Mediterranean after problems with water systems

Royal Navy type 45 destroyer deployed to reinforce security around RAF base in Cyprus to undergo short maintenance stop, says MoD

Starmer urged to limit US access to UK bases after ‘dangerous’ Trump threats

Lib Dems, Greens and some Labour MPs demand UK block US from using its airbases for Iran missions

UK politics: Farage says Trump’s Iranian ‘civilisation will die’ threats went ‘way too far’– as it happened

The Reform UK leader says he is ‘shocked’ by the remarks which were ‘over the top in every single way’

Meta employee in London accused of downloading 30,000 private Facebook images

Police investigating as former worker is suspected of having designed program to avoid security checks

Can Starmer maintain ‘defensive strikes’ stance as Trump escalates threats on Iran?

As US threatens to attack civilian infrastructure, UK’s distinction between defence and attack is under strain

Reform cold calling public in bid to find ‘paper’ candidates for local elections

Guardian journalist among those to get surprise request, though Farage denies party are ‘begging’ people to stand