Prosecutors in California have filed a criminal charge against Britney Spears over her arrest last month for allegedly driving under the influence. The pop star is facing one misdemeanour count of driving under the influence of any alcohol and drug. She was arrested on 4 March on a southern California …

Met chief defends knife attack officers after Greens criticism Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley has defended how officers subdued the suspect in the Golders Green attack, after Green Party leader Zack Polanski shared a post condemning their actions. Two officers Tasered and repeatedly kicked the suspect in the head …

Lindsay Foreman says she is keeping sane by reading, doing laps of the prison yard and, when she can, practising yoga. Exercise, she says, has always been her "salvation". But after 16 months in jail in Iran, she admits she is struggling. "I'm dealing with the realisation that we're likely …

Chippies sell catfish as 'traditional fish supper' Rogue chip shops have been passing off catfish as "traditional fish and chips" to cut down on costs, the BBC has learned. Cases of fish being mis-sold or misdescribed are often hard to detect since any investigations are intelligence-led and rely on expensive …

King arrives in Bermuda after ending US trip with visit to small town America King Charles III has arrived in Bermuda after he and Queen Camilla ended their four-day state visit to the US with a community parade in Virginia. He made a low-key entrance in Hamilton, the territory's capital, …

The interruption to supplies of fertiliser and its key ingredients due to the war in Iran could cost up to ten billion meals a week globally and will hit poorest countries hardest, according to the boss of one of the world's biggest fertiliser producers. Svein Tore Holsether, chief executive of …

Britain must not keep changing prime ministers, Sir John Major has warned in a broadside at those who treat politics as a "game show" while leaving big problems to the next generation. The former Conservative prime minister accused today's focus-group obsessed politicians of thinking their job was to "provide fodder …

A gunman burst out of a hotel doorway and charged through a security checkpoint in just four seconds as President Donald Trump was attending a press gala, according to new footage released by prosecutors. The CCTV video appears to show a security agent opening fire in the direction of the …

A volunteer has described how he chased and restrained the suspect in Wednesday's Golders Green stabbing attack that left two men in hospital. Shloime Rand, 34, and Moshe Shine, 76, were stabbed in the north London neighbourhood and remain in a stable condition. A 45-year-old man, Essa Suleiman, has been …

King Charles and Queen Camilla laid flowers at the September 11 Memorial in New York, in a sombre moment during their state visit to the United States. It is the first time that the royal couple have been to the site, which remembers the nearly 3,000 people who lost their …