The US says it is "closely monitoring" the situation after the death of a laboratory worker in Russia who may have been exposed to pneumonic plague.

Whisky is to be distilled in space for the first time as part of an experiment which will also measure how the spirit ages in the environment beyond Earth's atmosphere.

The government is unprepared for disruptions to food supplies which are exposed to "shocks and threats", experts have warned.

Sir James Cleverly has criticised former Conservative colleague Suella Braverman after she sparked a row around "Englishness".

Police are treating the death of an 11-year-old girl as "unexplained" after her body was found in a park in Worcestershire.

Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor is taking legal action against police following his arrest earlier this year, with a private hearing taking place at the High Court on Thursday.