The backlog of criminal court cases could take “nearly 300 years” to bring back to levels seen before the COVID pandemic without reforms to cut jury trials, a justice minister has said.

The Royal Family has released new documents disclosing details of their financial affairs, including the £370m price tag for the renovation of Buckingham Palace.

The Royal Family have disclosed how much they spend on trips for official engagements costing more than £20,000, as part of new efforts to increase transparency.

The UN has halted the evacuation of thousands of seafarers in the Strait of Hormuz after a vessel came under a suspected attack.

Health bosses are "urgently" investigating how to stop workers looking at patient data without proper reason after 40 staff accessed the records of a boy injured by a crocodile.