Peter Mandelson has been sacked as the UK’s ambassador to the US by Sir Keir Starmer over his ties to disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein. The prime minister, who selected Lord Mandelson for... Read more »

The UK’s largest lake, Lough Neagh, is on course to record its worst year of potentially toxic algal blooms to date, as rescue plans remain deadlocked. As a ban on eel-fishing in... Read more »

Wales is a wonderfully unusual country and that is why I love it. But one quirk about Wales I really dislike is how increasingly often I hear it said that its inhabitants... Read more »

Badenoch suggests it is not ‘tenable’ for Mandelson to remain in post Badenoch says Starmer did not answer. That means he probably did know about the relationship. He says the Daily Telegraph... Read more »

Snapchat has been accused by a Danish research organisation of leaving an “overwhelming number” of drug dealers to openly operate on Snapchat, making it easy for children to buy substances including cocaine,... Read more »

The US drugmaker Merck has scrapped a £1bn London research centre and is laying off 125 scientists in the capital this year, in a big blow to the UK’s important life science... Read more »

More than half of women having a baby in Britain now do so with the help of medical intervention, an audit of NHS maternity care has revealed. Of the 592,594 births that... Read more »

Faarea Masud, Rachel Clun and Simon JackBusiness reporters Getty Images American pharmaceutical giant MSD is scrapping the planned £1bn expansion of its operations in the UK saying the government is not investing... Read more »

Becky Mortonpolitical reporter and Chris Masonpolitical editor EPA/Shutterstock Bridget Phillipson has become the first Labour deputy leadership contender to gain enough support to run, cementing her place as the early frontrunner. The... Read more »