Western leaders have urged Iran to refrain from retaliating against Israel following Israeli airstrikes on military targets, emphasising the need to prevent escalation in the Middle East.

James Lawrence has been imprisoned for nearly 18 years under an Imprisonment for Public Protection (IPP) sentence for threatening someone with a starting pistol, and his case highlights broader calls for the review of similar indefinite sentences for relatively minor crimes.

A grieving family has revealed that police missed several chances to stop a man who murdered two women in 16 months, leading to accusations of inadequate disclosure under Clare’s Law.

An Afghan pilot who fled the Taliban and was initially denied asylum in the UK has been reunited with his family after a successful campaign supported by the newspaper.