Belarus upholds 8-year prison sentence for newspaper journalist serving country’s Polish minority

Sign up for our breaking news email to get free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox. Sign up for our free Latest News email Belarus’ Supreme Court on Friday sentenced a prominent journalist working for an influential newspaper serving the country’s sizeable Polish minority to eight years in prison. The decision … Read more

Davies-Agba, Nigeria’s longest serving monarch, dies after 64 years of rule

Obudu paramount ruler

The death of His Royal Majesty, Joseph Davis-Agba, the paramount traditional ruler of Obudu Local Government Area in Cross River State, has been officially announced by the family. Davis-Agba’s death was announced by his son, Mr. KJ JD-Agba, in a statement in Calabar on Sunday. “It is with a heavy heart that I inform you … Read more

serving armed forces member charged with offenses under the Official Secrets Act

Sign up for our breaking news email to get free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox. Sign up for our free Latest News email A serving member of the armed forces has been charged by counter-terrorism police with offenses under the Official Secrets Act. Scotland Yard said Thomas Newsom, 36, had … Read more

serving armed forces member charged with offenses under the Official Secrets Act

Sign up for our breaking news email to get free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox. Sign up for our free Latest News email A serving member of the armed forces has been charged by counter-terrorism police with offenses under the Official Secrets Act. Scotland Yard said Thomas Newsom, 36, had … Read more

Convicted sex offenders still serving in Met Police as hundreds to be re-investigated

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Convicted sex offenders are serving in the Metropolitan Police, the force has admitted, as it re-investigates hundreds of officers flagged for sexual and domestic abuse allegations. An operation … Read more

Who is Charles Bronson? Life and crimes of one of UK’s longest serving prisoners

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Charles Bronson, one of the UK’s longest-serving prisoners, will remain behind bars after being denied release by the Parole Board. The 70-year-old, dubbed one of Britain’s most violent … Read more

Employing serving MPs as presenters is ‘very concerning’, says Labour’s Powell

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails The employment of serving MPs as presenters on different media channels is “very concerning”, shadow culture secretary Lucy Powell has said, adding that Ofcom “should be looking at … Read more

‘Someone will come after you’: What it’s really like as woman serving in Met Police

Sign up to our free fortnightly newsletter from The Independent’s Race Correspondent Nadine White Sign up to our free fortnightly newsletter The Race Report A serving female Metropolitan Police officer has spoken out about the “rampant sexualisation of women” in the force, after a damning review found it to be institutionally racist, misogynist and homophobic. … Read more

Baroness Masham, longest serving female House of Lords member, dies aged 87

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Baroness Masham, a Paralympian and the longest ever serving female member of the House of Lords, has died aged 87, the charity she founded has said. The independent … Read more