The portrait, painted in around 1598 and attributed to Caravaggio in 1963, depicts Maffeo Barberini, a nobleman who later became Pope Urban VIII.

David Lammy’s reforms of the courts system have been supported by MPs at their first Commons hurdle, despite accusations from his own backbench that he is using victims as a “cudgel” to push them ...

Professor David Miles said the impact of conflict on UK prices could be ‘significant’ and ‘completely unwelcome’.

A young mother died from sepsis contributed to by NHS neglect after she was given the wrong antibiotics, a coroner has ruled. Aleisha Rochester, 33, a bank cashier from Croydon, south London, died two ...

A former Labour MP has told how he recited Shakespeare from his hospital bed as he battled to get his speech back after suffering a stroke at the age of 47. Jonathan Ashworth told the Press ...

Big differences in prices at fuel pumps cannot ‘be blamed on Iran or what’s happening in the Gulf’, Ireland’s deputy premier has said.

The Foreign Secretary has emphasised “close co-ordination” on Middle Eastern security in a call with her US counterpart as Washington threatened its “most intense day” of strikes on Iran. Yvette ...

A report commissioned by the Residential Freehold Association estimates the policy could wipe up to £18.7 billion from ground rent ...

Amin Nasser, the president and chief executive of Saudi Arabia’s oil giant Aramco, said tankers were being rerouted to avoid the strait, and that its East-West pipeline would reach its full capacity ...

The Society of London Theatre and UK Theatre found that the costs of running and creating productions continues to pose a threat to the industry.

The Lords on Tuesday accepted a final draft of the House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill, clearing the way for it to be added to the statute book.

Cameras which can detect drivers who use mobile phones behind the wheel or who do not wear a seatbelt are being deployed in Scotland for the first time. In the largest survey of its kind ever ...