Donald Trump is ready to recognise Crimea as Russian soil in a major blow to Volodymyr Zelensky’s post-war hopes, according to fresh reports.Sources familiar with negotiations have revealed that formally handing the territory to Vladimir Putin, 11 yea…

Britain, once again, stands at a crossroads. Torn between the US and Europe after Donald Trump’s return to the White House, voices both inside and outside the Government have urged Sir Keir Starmer to pick one or the other.Labour has so far toed a thi…

Residents and businesses near a Suffolk beach have voiced their fury at nudists “engaging in lewd behaviour” on the popular shoreline.Locals in Corton have spoken out on a long-running row over whether the beach is safe for families – while residents …

Locals are in uproar in the seaside town of St Ives after the council imposed a set of strict new rules which could throw a decades-old pastime into chaos.Ticket sellers for pleasure boat trips in the Cornish surf town have traditionally touted their …

Mumsnet founder Justine Roberts has warned the popular website could have been forced to close after being “blacklisted” by major companies over its stance on women’s rights.Roberts said she feared the site might not survive after its members were bra…

The mother of Olivia Pratt-Korbel has been left heartbroken after a memorial area created in memory of her murdered daughter was set on fire.The playground, established near the family’s Liverpool home, was partly destroyed after children playing with…

Britain’s biggest bank has pledged solidarity with its transgender staff after a landmark Supreme Court ruling which determined sex-based discrimination laws should only apply to biological women.Executives at Lloyds Bank, which serves one in two Brit…

Ukraine is making “substantial progress” on a landmark minerals deal with the US, its Deputy Prime Minister has said despite Donald Trump dismissing a fresh request to buy American missiles.The bilateral talks on a minerals deal are rolling on well wi…

Suspended Reform UK MP Rupert Lowe has written to Nigel Farage, Lee Anderson and Zia Yusuf demanding they retract their “false allegations” of “workplace bullying” and “serious threats” against him.The Reform top brass had released a statement in earl…

Britain’s defence firms have been handed a major lifeline after Emmanuel Macron dropped his demands for a post-Brexit military deal to be dependent on fishing rights.With international talks on a peace deal with Ukraine still yet to reach a conclusion…

A diabetes drug which costs just 35p per pill could help prevent an aggressive form of blood cancer, according to University of Cambridge researchers.Scientists have found that metformin helps prevent acute myeloid leukaemia (AML), a deadly blood canc…

Police have launched an urgent manhunt after a woman in her 60s was killed by a van being pursued by police at a Birmingham golf course.The incident occurred at Aston Wood Golf Club in Little Aston, Sutton Coldfield last Friday morning – and the victi…

A man has been handed a suspended jail sentence after kicking a woman and fracturing her shoulder in a row outside his flat.David Cottell, 35, from Ventnor in the Isle of Wight, appeared before Island magistrates on Friday where he was sentenced for g…

Vladimir Putin has heaped praise on tech tycoon Elon Musk with a glowing comparison to a hero of the Soviet space age.The Russian premier, speaking to students at a meeting to discuss his country’s next ventures to the stars, hailed Musk as an “incred…

There was “no evidence” of “two-tier policing” in the summer unrest following Axel Rudakubana’s murder spree in Southport, a new report has said.The Home Affairs Committee has released the results of a new probe into police forces’ response to the dis…

Donald Trump “remains in excellent health,” White House doctors have said, following the President’s annual physical examination.The results were released over the weekend after Trump underwent the tests on Friday morning at the Walter Reed National M…

Long-running concerns over a Chinese “super-embassy” in the heart of London have been ratcheted up after it emerged that its plans contain blueprints for a secretive “spy dungeon”.Plans for the embassy, set to fill the site of the old Royal Mint on th…

Labour is calling in the Army in a bid to clear Birmingham’s rubbish crisis after more than a month of strikes.Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner has invoked powers known as Military Aid to the Civil Authorities (Maca) to enlist Army experts after a …

Ministers are considering deploying the Royal Navy to escort a vital fuel shipment to Scunthorpe’s steelworks following yesterday’s landmark takeover.The move would ensure what’s said to be a cargo of coking coal reaches the UK without being intercept…

The Government is considering a major overhaul of equality laws in a bid to prioritise women’s rights and biological sex over gender identity.Britain’s human rights watchdog, the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC), submitted a 310-page revise…

A mother has been banned from her daughter’s primary school after complaining about staff teaching children about transgender identity.Karina Conway, 42, was ordered to stay away from Sunnyside Spencer Academy in Beeston, Nottingham, after raising con…

A body has been found in the search for an 11-year-old girl who went missing in the River Thames, police have said.Kaliyah Coa disappeared in the Thames on March 31 – and today, the Metroplitan Police has informed her family that officers have found a…

A gang of shoplifters who stole £130,000 worth of goods from Tesco stores across the UK have been caught after their brazen crimes were captured on CCTV.The organised crime network was responsible for 86 supermarket thefts, spanning 13 police force ar…

The Ministry of Justice has launched a probe into an “appalling” attack on prison guards at HMP Frankland by the Manchester Arena bomber’s brother.On Saturday morning, terrorist Hashem Abedi launched an “unprovoked attack” on staff, leaving them with …

The surgeons behind the UK’s first successful womb transplant have ruled out performing the same procedure for transgender patients.Professor Richard Smith and Isabel Quiroga, who led the groundbreaking operation, have warned that their research is no…