QUENTIN LETTS: The public inquiry gravy train. Once they were rare and businesslike. Now 63 have been launched in the last two decades

Education Secretary Lucy Powell was told 'children will be the losers' after she announced 'speaking skills' will become just as important as reading and writing in GCSE assessments.

Born in Didsbury, the south Manchester suburb where she still lives, Lucy Powell attended Beaver Road primary and Parrs Wood High School.

Two men allegedly arrived at a Sydney car park to collect what they believed was a $17 million shipment of cocaine - but it went horribly wrong.

'Get down!' the Ukrainian commander bellows, as a high-speed drone armed with a 105kg warhead hurtles across the field.

Homicide detectives are investigating the circumstances of the death, including whether it was targeted.

The 39-year-old former stripper insisted that all his significant relationships had been with women older than himself as he gave evidence at Lewes Crown Court on Thursday.

Behind the public declarations of unity, two currents of discontent are running through Labor at once.

Diddy's luxurious prison lifestyle has landed him in serious danger, insiders say, as mystery surrounds what happened behind bars to earn him an urgent hospital visit in the middle of...

The Education Secretary announced yesterday that the ability to speak confidently will be 'hardwired' into a revised national curriculum and assessed as part of GCSE exams.

Hundreds, possibly thousands, of mourners are expected to attend a public celebration of life for Breaking Bad actor RJ Mitte in his Texas hometown on Friday.

Mahrah Al Nahyan - a member of the fabulously rich Abu Dhabi royal family estimated to be worth £250bn - spent two days at the £200-a-night Airbnb in Kensington,...