Lancashire, 60, won two leading actress Baftas for playing grieving Sergeant Catherine Cawood in the BBC drama set in Hebden Bridge.

More than 100 survivors of alleged sexual abuse by Mohamed Al Fayed have entered Harrods’ redress scheme, the department store said as it also confirmed applicants had started receiving compensation.

Sandie Peggie has lodged a claim against NHS Fife and a transgender doctor, citing four claims under the Equality Act 2010.

There is “no justification” for special advocates for survivors and bereaved families in closed hearings during the Omagh Bombing Inquiry, it has been contended.

Liam Dawson adds all-round depth for England but the injured Nitish Kumar Reddy is unable to do likewise for India.

Sir James Cleverly is set to return to the Conservative front bench as the shadow housing secretary, as Kemi Badenoch shakes up her top team. The former foreign secretary is understood to be joining ...

Funding for underperforming aid organisations and support for some countries will be cut after the UK’s aid budget was slashed, the Foreign Office has said.

Cousins Jakele Pusey, 17, and Jovani Harriott, 19, were given life sentences for the murder of Khayri Mclean, who was stabbed outside his school.

Kirsty Carless, 33, is accused of plunging a knife into 31-year-old Louis Price’s heart in the early hours of December 25 2024.