Donald Trump has said he's "disappointed with Keir [Starmer]" over the prime minister's initial refusal to send aircraft carriers to the Middle East.

Zack Polanski is set to call on Sir Keir Starmer to step in and protect energy price cap customers from steep bill rises at the start of July.

A 64-year-old man has been charged over the death of a boy after an incident involving the discharge of a firearm.

Donald Trump's most senior counterterrorism official has resigned, saying he "cannot in good conscience" support the Iran war and claiming the country posed "no imminent threat" to the United States.

Naval escorts will not guarantee safe passage for oil tankers through the Strait of Hormuz and could even present a target for Iran as it attempts to leverage control of the vital shipping lane, the head of the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) has warned.

It is easy to forget that not all that long ago, Britain was one of the world's biggest oil producers.