Foreign Secretary David Lammy pointed to the UK’s own commitment to increase spending to 2.5 of GDP, although no timetable has been set for that.

Perhaps the most epochal event in recent South Korean political history – and one many people will be thinking of as Mr Yoon ...

Huntington’s is an inherited condition that is caused by a defect in a particular gene. This is responsible for making a protein which does not work properly in people with the ...

A variety of stories jostle for attention on the front pages of Wednesday’s newspapers. The Times focuses on a report from the National Audit Office on the shortage of prison places and says changes ...

A Scottish schoolgirl in remission from leukaemia is one of five youngsters chosen as the inspiration for a poem about ...

Four of Britain’s five nuclear power stations will stay open longer than previously planned, their operator has said. The French energy company EDF said on Wednesday that the sites in Lancashire, East ...

A city in Scotland has been named one of the happiest places to live in the whole of the UK. The annual study from Rightmove, which is in its 13th year, named Stirling the happiest place in Scotland ...

Work and pensions minister Sir Stephen Timms said the move aims to drive ‘real improvements’ for disabled people.

Zayn Malik has said he is “truly sorry” to cancel a scheduled performance at the last minute due to issues with his voice. The former One Direction star was scheduled to appear at the O2 City Hall ...

It has emerged the UK Government is to scrap plans to ban smoking in the gardens of pubs and restaurants in England.

TV star Gregg Wallace, who stepped back from presenting BBC MasterChef last week, is facing fresh allegations of inappropriately touching women. One woman said he touched her bottom after an event and ...

Yoon Suk Yeol had declared martial law, vowing to eliminate ‘anti-state’ forces as he struggles against an opposition that ...