Bridget Phillipson said a Tory amendment to the schools Bill is unnecessary as she defended removing automatic academisation of failing schools.

A panel in the case of a Metropolitan police officer who is alleged to have used the term ‘cotton pickers’ has retired to consider its verdict.

More than 100 people are without power near a Suffolk town after an overhead network fault. The fault, which is affecting people in and around Woodbridge, is currently affected 103 properties. It was ...