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The Afghan embassy in London is set to close after the Taliban sacked all staff based there. 

A man who took his own life after appearing on The Jeremy Kyle Show was left "distraught" and "broken" after returning from filming, an inquest has heard. 

A man who admitted the rape and murder of a woman he stabbed 60 times during sex 27 years ago should be freed from prison, the Parole Board has said. 

A public inquiry into why so many mental health patients have died in Essex has been told "we may never have a definitive number of deaths". 

Pope Francis has arrived in East Timor as part of his longest overseas journey yet to four countries across Southeast Asia and Oceania. 

A victim of the Post Office Horizon scandal has told Sky News that plans for a new appeals process are "unacceptable" on several fronts. 

Ministers are not looking to soften the blow for 10 million pensioners who will no longer receive winter fuel payments, the prime minister's spokesman has said. 

Harry Kane is set to become the 10th player to earn a landmark 100 caps for England men when he captains the team against Finland at Wembley Stadium on Tuesday…

The crimes of Lucy Letby are unprecedented in modern British history. 

The state pension is due to rise by 4% in April, giving an extra £460 a year to recipients.