Children at a Willy Wonka-inspired event were captured shrieking in fear at a character playing an "evil chocolate-maker that lived in the walls of the factory". In a video shared online, the youngsters were recorded wailing "no" when an actor dressed in a black cape and silver face mask came …...Read More

A new investigation has been launched into what the authorities knew about "large-scale abuse" at a youth detention centre. The Prisons and Probation Ombudsman (PPO) inquiry will look into what happened at Medomsley Detention Centre, near Consett, County Durham, from its opening in 1961 to its closure in 1987. Investigators …...Read More

Children are "suffering needlessly" because fewer parents are opting for routine childhood vaccines, health experts have said. The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) is launching a new campaign to try to boost the number of children getting vaccinated after all jabs missed the 95% World Health Organisation (WHO) uptake target …...Read More

Red Bull Formula One team principal Christian Horner has been cleared of misconduct following allegations of inappropriate behaviour towards a female colleague. The 50-year-old was placed under investigation by the F1 team's Austrian parent company Red Bull GmbH following the allegations. He was questioned for eight hours by a lawyer …...Read More

Polls have now closed in the Rochdale by-election as political parties wait to see who has taken the Greater Manchester seat. The campaign to replace Labour stalwart Sir Tony Lloyd - who died last month from leukaemia - has been fractious, with the Labour Party withdrawing support for its candidate, …...Read More

Voters in Rochdale will today choose their new MP as polling stations open across the constituency. The by-election was called after the death of Labour stalwart Sir Tony Lloyd last month, who had been suffering from an aggressive and untreatable form of leukaemia. There are now 11 candidates vying to …...Read More

Michael Gove has been placed under investigation by parliament's standards watchdog. It relates to the housing secretary's register of financial interests. Further details will remain confidential until the inquiry is concluded - and those under investigation are barred from discussing the allegations. Although the cause of investigation has not been …...Read More

Rishi Sunak has declined to say whether he has confidence in the chief executive of the crisis-hit Post Office, Nick Read, following confirmation of an investigation into his conduct. The issue was put to him at Prime Minister's Questions in the Commons after news of the probe was explosively revealed …...Read More

Police have released two images as part of an investigation after a suspected corrosive substance was thrown over two boys in a London Tube station. The boys were reported to have a liquid thrown at them at Elm Park station in east London at just after 8pm on Saturday. They …...Read More

A mother accused of murdering her three-year-old son was "quite calm" and "unpanicked" as paramedics tried to save his life, a court has heard. Christina Robinson, 30, admits hitting her son Dwelaniyah with a bamboo cane because the Bible told her she could chastise her child, Newcastle Crown Court has …...Read More