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Commons to vote on Iraq IS attacks on Friday
Seeking parliamentary approval before military action has brought in a new era that inhibits prime ministers in a way that would be unthinkable to their predecessors.
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Ukip has won its first by-election at the Conservatives’ expense and finished just behind Labour in another parliamentary seat. So is it a case of onwards and upwards for Nigel Farage’s party?
Ex-president of the European Court of Human Rights Sir Nicolas Bratza says Tory plans to ignore European rulings would put the UK parliament in breach of international law and “set a bad example”.
A Burmese man confesses to the murders of British backpackers Hannah Witheridge and David Miller in Thailand, police say.
The parents of Yusra Hussien, a 15-year-old schoolgirl from Bristol thought to have fled to Syria to join Islamic State extremists, have made an emotional plea for her to return.
“Please come back… You are not in any trouble. We just want you to be safe,” say the family of the 15-year-old girl from Bristol who is believed to be heading to join extremists in Syria.
French fighter jets hit Islamic State targets in Iraq and the US strikes in Syria, as British MPs debate joining a military coalition against the jihadi group.
The UK is on the path to war with Islamic State militants as David Cameron recalls parliament to debate military intervention in Iraq, and warns Britain must not be “frozen with fear”.
Seeking parliamentary approval before military action has brought in a new era that inhibits prime ministers in a way that would be unthinkable to their predecessors.
Britain could recall of parliament to discuss military action in the Middle East after David Cameron warns the fight against Islamic State was one the UK “could not opt out of”.
The idea behind Ed Miliband’s speech was to make the forthcoming election a battle of the plans, and its central message was solidarity – or “the spirit of together”.
In the early hours of the morning, US air strikes targeted Islamic State and other Islamist groups in Syria for the first time. Channel 4 News asks whether it is legal, and where it might end.
We might have been sitting in an undertaker’s waiting room. Something was afoot. You could have cut the air with a knife.
His impassioned speeches towards the end of Scotland’s referendum campaigning have been credited with securing a victory for no now Gordon Brown has set out his vision for Scotland. So what is it?
Alex Salmond and Nigel Farage have seized the chance. Both are charismatic, cheeky-chappy personalities and outsider politicians who’ve brilliantly exploited public disgust with old politics.
The polls have closed and the votes are being counted. Should Scotland be an independent country? That was the question for the Scottish people: tonight, overnight, we will find out the answer.