Behind the facade of Jamie Varley, the ‘wicked, arrogant liar’ who abused and murdered his baby son
Varley presented himself in court as a doting dad but prosecution said he used adopted boy as a sexual ‘plaything’
Farage trying to block ‘Britcoin’ plans that could be costly for billionaire donor
Reform UK leader used private meeting at Bank of England to urge governor to drop plans for state-run cryptocurrency
Oxfordshire council seeks injunction over flags tied to lamp-posts across county
Council says it has so far spent £15,000 removing flags put up under campaign linked to anti-immigration protests
Labour campaigners fear hordes of MPs may annoy public as Makerfield votes
Up to 3,000 activists – including cabinet ministers and other MPs – descending on constituency to back Andy Burnham
Russia-linked arson attacks show bad actors targeting UK, says Starmer
Prime minister says country needs to resist those who seek to ‘exploit division’ and ‘destabilise democracy’
Rejoining customs union would not fix damage caused by Brexit, research finds
Exclusive: Economists find Brexit caused 12% depression in UK exports, most of which is due to leaving single market
Why is there so much interest in a byelection in north-west England?
About 70,000 voters in Greater Manchester’s Makerfield constituency could play pivotal role in ending Keir Starmer’s time as UK prime minster
Solstice-aligned 5,000-year-old monument ‘once in a lifetime find’, say archaeologists
Wessex Archaeology suspect they have uncovered a prototype for world-famous Stonehenge site in Wiltshire
Burnham team tell ministers to delay resignations to avoid chaos
Exclusive: Allies of Labour’s Makerfield candidate concerned rapid collapse of Starmer government would increase instability
‘We had right of way’: when British fair play met Russian firepower off the Isle of Wight
Jane and Alan Kelvey’s holiday yacht met a warship in the Channel – at a tense time for Anglo-Russian relations