It was only a few weeks ago that scientists at the Joint European Torus (JET) in Oxfordshire announced the nuclear fusion experiment had broken a world record. The machine - designed to replicate the conditions inside a burning star - generated a five-second pulse of fusion, releasing 69 megajoules of …...Read More

Two men believed to be part of a north London smuggling ring have been arrested after a series of police raids. The pair, both Albanian nationals, were arrested in Finsbury Park on Tuesday morning, and are believed to be part of a gang booking people flights into the UK with …...Read More

One person has died and two people are missing after a small boat incident in the Channel, the French coastguard has confirmed. A statement from the organisation said the French navy had carried out four rescue operations on Wednesday, using boats and a helicopter, assisting around 180 people. But one …...Read More

Labour will inherit the worst economic situation of any incoming government since the Second World War, Rachel Reeves warned today, accusing the Conservative Party of "burning the house down" during its time in government. Talking in the run-up to next week's budget, the shadow chancellor said that while George Osborne …...Read More

The family of a man jailed indefinitely have enlisted the help of the former home secretary who created the type of sentence he was given. Thomas White, 40, was given a two-year minimum jail sentence under an IPP, an Imprisonment for Public Protection, back in 2012 for stealing a mobile …...Read More

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