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Serious doubts have been raised about the BBC’s impartiality during the Brexit referendum campaign. Former Business Editor Robert Peston, who spent nine years with the public broadcaster before switching to ITV in 2015, said the national broadcaster failed to deliver impartial and balanced journalism in its coverage of the referendum. It comes after new figures leaked by Liberal Democrat MEP Catherine Bearder show that there has never been a pro-EU MEP on Question Time. Some 33 UKIP MEPs made appearances...

The Conservatives have become a party of “far-right ideology and intolerance”, according to MEP Richard Ashworth. The former leader of the Conservative group in the European Parliament said he is extremely concerned that the party has “deserted the centre ground in favour of far-right ideology and intolerance”. His words come following actions of Conservative MEPs in a vote in the European Parliament to censure the Hungarian government, which was described as a “very distressing moment" by Tory peer Lord Finkelstein....

The Labour Chancellor has slammed the Government’s Universal Credit System, and confirmed Labour will scrap it if they get into power. The controversial new system has drawn heavy criticism from charities and campaign groups. Many people have struggled to receive money on time and have also been left with less income than on their previous benefits. Mr McDonnell said to Sky News’s Sophy Ridge on Sunday programme: “I think most people have now come to the conclusion it has got to be scrapped....

East London was once full of house sparrows, but annual surveys found the population has dropped steadily since the Seventies.

Freya the springer spaniel has been trained up and employed by Wessex Water, whose region is a "stronghold" for the small amphibians

The teenager said she was in an unknown location on land somewhere in Boston, Lincs., with her attacker.

Cambridgeshire County Council said the move was a 'last resort' to help plug a multi-million pound gap in its budget

Sturgeon is not expected to give her key note speech until Tuesday.

The Observer is today facing a social media backlash after running an op ed from Conservative leader Theresa May that appears to mark a notable change in their political persuasion. Once revered as one of the few remaining mainstream newspaper outlets for Labour voters the rare editorial feature from May looks to cement a suspected shift the right. Detailing why “Labour voters should look afresh at the Conservatives” the PM repackaged much of her party conference speech in what political...