Sir Oliver, known as Olly, will serve as the new Permanent Under-Secretary at the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO).

The rise would mean a backbench Senedd member would earn £76,380 a year from April, if the proposals go through.

Downing Street would not be drawn on financial arrangements, but it is thought Whitehall could stump up a number of years’ payments ...

A pair of white lioness sisters have arrived in the county and are to now spend their twilight years at an animal sanctuary in the countryside.

A Kent artist’s plans for a controversial seaside home have been delayed as not enough notices were put up advertising the ...

A predator who groomed an under-age girl online has been jailed for 43 years after he tried to murder her in the street. Ellis Dismore, 24, had sent threatening and disturbing voice messages to ...

Shocking CCTV footage shows the moment a dad’s £25,000 pick-up truck was stolen from his driveway - with the thieves gone in less than 60 seconds.

Sir Sadiq Khan’s £24 million scheme to cut London’s Tube and train fares on Fridays to boost passenger numbers made “no noticeable difference” to demand, Transport for London (TfL) said. The Mayor of ...

Scotland Yard said the footballer remains under police investigation for alleged sexual offences that took place between 2021 and 2023.

The Conservatives oppose the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill, describing measures within it as a ‘wrecking ball’.

The president-elect has called for all members of the transatlantic alliance to more than double their defence commitment.

A cross-party group of parliamentarians has hit back at Kemi Badenoch after she claimed it had said “talking about sex groomers was an example of Islamophobia”. The All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG ...