Almost a quarter of English councils will miss an official deadline to introduce weekly food waste collections to all homes, a BBC investigation has found. The Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (Defra) said "every household in England" would get weekly food waste collections from next month under new …

Donald Trump delivered a combative State of the Union address on Tuesday night that hailed what he said was an American "turnaround for the ages". At a time when polls suggest many in the US are dissatisfied with the current state of the nation – and with Trump's leadership of …

What happened to Arlene? The 30-year mystery of a murder without a body 7 hours ago David CowanScotland home affairs correspondent When Arlene Fraser vanished without trace after waving her young children off to school, detectives had a suspect with a motive - but precious little else. Her husband Nat …

Lord Mandelson has been released on bail pending further investigation, hours after his arrest on Monday on suspicion of misconduct in public office. The arrest came after the former Labour minister and US ambassador was accused of passing market-sensitive government information to financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, who …

'Mandelson arrested' and 'Four years of tears' in Ukraine "Mandelson arrested" is the headline in the Daily Telegraph, over a photograph of Lord Mandelson being led away from his home by detectives. "Disgraced Lord held," says the Daily Mirror. The Daily Mail says: "Now Mandelson faces the music, days after …

President Donald Trump has claimed that crime and murder in the US are at the lowest level for 125 years, with the White House attributing this to his "unwavering commitment to restoring law and order". Homicides are projected to reach a 125-year low - according to one study - but …

Why did Putin's Russia invade Ukraine? 16 hours ago Paul KirbyEurope digital editor When Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered up to 200,000 soldiers into Ukraine, his aim was to sweep into the capital, Kyiv, in days, overthrow its pro-Western government and return Ukraine to Russia's sphere of influence. Putin failed …

24 hours ago Steve RosenbergRussia editor, in Lipetsk At first glance, Yelets in winter looks like something from a Russian fairy tale. From the embankment I spy the golden domes of Orthodox churches and, down below, ice fishermen dotted along the frozen river. But in this town, 350km (217 miles) …

The war in Ukraine is about to enter its fifth year. Over the past year, Russian forces have slowly expanded the amount of territory they control, mostly in the east of Ukraine, and have continued their barrage of air strikes on Kyiv and other cities. Some 55,000 Ukrainian soldiers have …

A Reform government would end more generous defined benefit pension schemes for new local government workers and merge nearly 100 separate schemes to create a £500bn British Sovereign Wealth Fund. The new fund would increase investments in UK companies, products, housing and infrastructure by £100bn according to Richard Tice, head …