Andy Davies , Home Affairs Correspondent

A man has been arrested on suspicion of murder after the bodies of three men in their 80s were discovered in two houses in Exeter.

Two people have been arrested on suspicion of gross negligence manslaughter after four children died in a house fire in Stafford.

Four young children have died in a house fire in Stafford, after a blaze started in the early hours of this morning.

The underwater search for the missing plane that was carrying Argentinian footballer Emiliano Sala and its pilot when it disappeared nearly two weeks ago in the English Channel has begun. Two ships carrying specialist equipment are searching an area north of the island of Guernsey in the English Channel.

The Met Office has issued an overnight ice warning for large parts of the country as the wintry blast of cold weather continues.

Welsh government ministers have been outlining the potential consequences of a no-deal Brexit this afternoon.

With all the talk of Brexit and how a hard border could bring a return to violence Northern Ireland, the car bomb that exploded in Londonderry at the weekend was a stark reminder of how fragile the peace there actually is. Today police carried out a controlled explosion after two more vehicles were hijacked. There…

Events in Westminster are being closely watched over the Irish Sea.

Tempted by that cosy log-burning stove? Or that crackling open wood fire? Well think again. The government intends to ban most of the above under its clean air strategy, unveiled today. Green campaigners say even this doesn’t go far enough in cleaning up England’s air, but it has been welcomed by the World Health Organization. Farmers and their…

If you supported Leave in the referendum, what do you think of it so far? We’ve been to the market town of Tewkesbury in Gloucestershire, a place which backed Leave by around 54%, with 46% for Remain.

He was, in the words of one of the former prime ministers paying tribute, one of the most talented politicians never to hold high office. Lord Paddy Ashdown – a former Royal Marine who led the Liberal Democrats for more than a decade – has died at the age of 77. He’d been diagnosed with…

Away from Brexit, Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn promised to repeal a 19th century law that criminalises begging and rough sleepers if he becomes Prime Minister. The 1824 vagrancy act, which made it a crime to beg and sleep rough, was repealed in Scotland nearly four decades ago. But it remains in force in England and…

Wales is about to get a new First Minister after the Welsh Labour party elected Mark Drakeford as its new leader. In his victory speech, the Corbyn loyalist pledged to lead “a Labour party true to our roots”.

Wales is about to get a new First Minister – as voting comes to an end in Welsh Labour’s election to decide their new leader. Members of the party and affiliated groups like unions will have until tomorrow to cast their votes. Inevitably, perhaps, Brexit has featured prominently in the campaign. And as First Minister…

The Welsh First Minister Carwyn Jones has told an inquest that former cabinet minister Carl Sargeant was “panicked but not distraught” in a meeting in which he was sacked over allegations of sexual misconduct.