The American military has ordered 2,500 marines and an amphibious assault ship to the Middle East, a US official said in a major addition of forces in the region after nearly two weeks of war with Iran.
A group of MPs has hit out at Fujitsu for being "yet to contribute a penny" to the nearly £1.5 billion redress bill for victims of the Post Office Horizon scandal and called for urgent action to quash pre-Horizon convictions.
Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has vowed that the Government "will not tolerate" heating oil suppliers profiteering from the crisis in the Middle East.
The first three V-level qualifications to be offered from September next year have been revealed, as the Education Secretary pledged to make it less complicated to access vocational and technical education.