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Priti Patel says it is "right and proper" that MPs are accessible to members of the public following Sir David Amess' killing - and stressed that politicians' safety and an open democracy "can absolutely be balanced".

The fatal stabbing of Conservative MP Sir David Amess has been declared a terrorist incident, police say.

Leading politicians and local figures are among those who have left moving tributes to Sir David Amess, following the death of the 69-year-old.

Matt Hancock's new job offer from the United Nations helping African economies recover from the coronavirus pandemic has been withdrawn.

Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe has lost her latest appeal against her sentence in Iran, meaning she could be sent back to prison "at any time", her MP has said.

The UK has recorded a further 148 COVID-related deaths and 43,423 new cases in the latest 24-hour reporting period, government figures show.

Adele's album 21 is the best-selling record by a woman in the UK.

Murdered MP Sir David Amess had recently written about the risk of attacks on parliamentarians, admitting "it could happen to any of us".

NASA has launched a probe into space that will fly to a 'swarm' of asteroids orbiting the sun for the first time to look into the origins of the solar system.

A 16-year-old boy has been charged with murder after a teenage student was fatally stabbed on a playing field in Twickenham, southwest London.