This year’s Commonwealth Day theme is Together We Thrive, which celebrates the “enduring spirit of the Commonwealth family”.

The move comes a week after Israel cut off all supplies of goods to the territory of more than two million people.

Francis is said to be responding well to treatment and has shown a ‘gradual, slight improvement’, his doctors say.

Ministers are also looking to slash the number of official bodies that get a say in planning decisions in a drive to cut red tape.

Just published: front page of the Financial Times, UK edition, March 10 https://t.co/ecEvyqeKs4 pic.twitter.com/xz2Lh3vQWT The Daily Star writes the US president does not feel “so special” after Mr ...

A 29-year-old man has been charged after climbing onto the clock tower of Big Ben, Metropolitan Police said. Daniel Day, of Palmerston Road, Westcliff-on-Sea, Essex, has been charged with ...

A Labour MP has warned ministers against “draconian cuts” ahead of expected changes to the welfare system. Rachael Maskell suggested she had detected “deep, deep concern” from colleagues in the ...

Shops, restaurants and pubs across England are facing an extra £1 billion in taxes when a discount is cut next month, adding to a “tsunami” of rising costs hurtling toward the sector, according to new ...

A former Conservative minister has been confirmed as the first head of a new Government body designed to being new technologies to market faster. Lord David Willetts has been confirmed as the first ...

Jack Ward started the challenge on February 26 at John O’Groats, Scotland, and aims to finish on March 29 at Land’s End, Cornwall.

Scattered showers are expected in northern and eastern parts, with temperatures in the North reaching between 6C and 8C.

Conservative MP Sir Ashley Fox said there should be ‘a range of discounts available’, as opposed to an automatic one-third reduction for ...