‘People don’t feel safe’: Grief, death and disorder in a once-proud industrial heartland
Deaths of two police officers and five young exposed deep social problems in Middlesbrough and nearby towns
I learned a lot about Englishness on a packed train leaving Reform UK’s conference
From a packed Birmingham to Oxford train, questions of class, belonging and national identity follow the Reform UK conference
Why Andy Burnham is taking on Israel over the West Bank
Britain’s planned trade ban risks a diplomatic and economic backlash, but Labour sees an opportunity to rebuild support on its left flank
How the sexual problems of a KGB double agent may have stopped the cold war from going nuclear
Redwood, aka Vladimir Kuzichkin, had lost faith in Moscow, but it was his loss of ‘bedroom power’ that sent the Tehran-based spy to MI6, says Ben Macintyre
Who is ‘Danny Tommo’, the man behind anti-migrant protests on England’s south coast?
Anti-migrant protests in Dover and Portsmouth were organised by a hard-right campaigner who was jailed for kidnapping in 2016
Annoyance was written all over Nigel Farage’s face at Reform UK annual conference
Donations scandal overshadows Birmingham gathering, raising fresh questions about party’s suitability for government
La bonhomie is back: Macron arrives in Britain bearing gifts
Return of Bayeux Tapestry offers a symbolic backdrop to the warmest UK-French relations in years
Burnham sets out his stall as Starmer leaves a parting headache
Labour’s new leader gives his first speech in parliament as prime minister, promising to end Margaret Thatcher’s legacy
No more summer sunshine for Burnham as the real work begins
Life as UK prime minister will come at him fast, beginning on Tuesday as recess ends
Western officials believe Russia aiming to spread alarm with warnings of UK drone factory attacks
Much of combative language coming out of Kremlin is a classic case of Moscow using ‘rhetoric to exploit fears’, official says
Has Zack Polanski’s Green bubble burst?
Party appeared all-conquering just months ago, but its lustre has tarnished after several controversies
Downing Street scrambles to calm row over Burnham’s ‘off the table’ Irish unity poll remarks
UK prime minister’s words appeared pre-planned but Downing Street rowed back a little after a day of nationalist criticism
Things look surprisingly rosy for North Korea’s Kim Jong-un
Russia, China and the US all want better relationships with the dictator
Parakeets have Londoners in a flap and hunters loading their rifles
Red-necked parakeets, originally from Asia and sub-Saharan Africa, are now established in England’s southeast
Binyamin Netanyahu wages rearguard action as he fights for his political life (again)
A desperate Israeli prime minister gives his personal phone number to Israelis ahead of October elections