The portrait, painted in oil on linen, is the work of the distinguished artist Victoria Crowe and was painted at Birkhall on the Balmoral Estate in Royal Deeside, Aberdeenshire.

They spent most of their lives walking across the sea bottom of deep, offshore waters

The warning came after flames fanned by strong winds devastated the seaside village of Mati, killing 60 people and devouring homes and cars

Heroic doctors who worked in West Africa during the crisis in 2014 - 2015 gathered to protest the 'border police' policies which NHS workers are expected to carry out

The Government has failed to publish the long-awaited Green Paper on social housing before summer recess, despite repeated promises to outline and consult on plans to tackle the current crisis. This preliminary report was due to set out what the Government intends to do to improve social housing, and mental health charity Mind was hoping to see it specifically address the issues faced by people with mental health problems living in, or waiting for, social housing. Vicki Nash, Head of...

"Keeping Jeremy Corbyn away from No. 10 is an essential national endeavour" the Daily Telegraph thunders. The reliably Conservative newspaper took some time off from trumpeting Brexit to once again attack the Labour leader. These attacks are becoming more hyperbolic by the day. The Telegraph is trying to convince its readers that stopping Corbyn is like fighting Hitler during the Blitz - essential for national survival. This derangement about Corbyn's Labour is emerging everywhere on the right. Theresa May warned...

The Conservatives have been labelled con artists after running up mountains of debt in spite of austerity cuts at the same time as the rich significantly increase their wealth. Since the recession Britain's wealthiest have seen their net worth more than double while poverty has gripped the nation elsewhere. Food bank use has reached the highest rate on record as austerity-induced benefit cuts fail to cover basic costs. According to Shelter the number of 'homeless but working' families has risen...

Thanks to GMB members' efforts they will have the legal protection they need and deserve at work. Ambulance staff are celebrating an emotional victory today as the 'protect the protectors' bill is set to become law. The Assaults on Emergency Workers (Offences) Bill, backed by GMB and nodded through its third reading in the House of Lords today, introduces a new offence of common assault against an emergency worker and requires courts to treat attacks on emergency workers as an...

Jeremy Corbyn has told a crowd, in Birmingham, that he would focus government contracts in the UK and would not send projects abroad. Mr Corbyn said a future Labour government will back manufacturing, "because we want to see well-paid jobs in the industries of the future, fuel the tax revenues that fund our public services and the NHS and increase living standards for all." In his speech, Corbyn mentioned that a Labour government would ensure the state used “more of...