Symeon Brown , News Correspondent

The man accused of murdering the Conservative MP Sir David Amess carried out reconnaisance on cabinet minister Michael Gove, among other potential targets – the Old Bailey has been told. 

When the Commission on Race and Ethnic Disparities released its advice to the government a year ago, it sparked a furious backlash from campaign groups, academics and medical experts for downplaying the existence of institutional racism. 

Tributes have been paid to the music and YouTube mogul Jamal Edwards – who has died at the age of 31 after a sudden illness.

From energy bills to food prices, low-paid workers are being hit the hardest by soaring costs.

Cult indie group The Pocket Gods, have decided to stage their own protest at Spotify’s pay rates by releasing an album containing 1,000 very short tracks.

In an exclusive interview, one of the UK’s leading forensic scientists has questioned the quality of CCTV facial comparison used in criminal convictions. 

Some of the messages are so offensive they cannot be published, references to rape and violence, racism and homophobia.

At least 13 people have been killed after a massive explosion in western Ghana which went off after a truck carrying mining explosives crashed into a motorbike. 

The Nationality and Borders Bill is meeting stiff opposition ahead of its next showing in the House of Lords.

In just a few hours time Novak Djokovic faces the latest round in his Australian campaign, not a date at the Rod Laver Arena, but an immigration appeal hearing at Australia’s Federal Court. 

Novak Djokovic has filed papers with an Australian court, saying he tested positive for Covid last month.

The health secretary has warned that the supply of Covid tests will be “constrained” for two weeks as people scramble to get hold of home testing kits and PCR appointments – although Wales has now promised to lend England 4 million kits to help meet demand. 

One of Hong Kong’s last remaining pro-democracy news sites has been shut down after police raided its offices and arrested senior staff members.

One of Hong Kong’s last remaining public monuments honouring the victims of the Tiananmen Square massacre has been removed, after workmen dismantled a statue at Hong Kong University during the night. 

A devastating typhoon which struck the Philippines last week, is now known to have claimed at least 375 lives, according to authorities there.