Some have criticised the proposed changes, with the president of the Law Society saying they could have the effect of "eroding the fundamental right of jury trial by your peers".
A baroness has been recommended for three weeks' suspension from the House of Lords for calling a peer "Lord Poppadom" and touching an MP's braids without her permission.
The prime minister's favourite sandwich is tuna but he "occasionally" indulges in a cheese toastie - a revelation that comes after Kemi Badenoch criticised sandwiches as "not real food".
Sir Keir Starmer has said the murder of 10-year-old Sara Sharif was "the most awful case", adding there are "questions that need to be answered". He spoke as a new report reveals hundreds of children died or were seriously harmed by abuse in one year ...
Fiona Drouet, whose daughter Emily took her own life following weeks of abuse by her then boyfriend, has launched a petition calling for non-fatal strangulation (NFS) to be made a specific offence.
Councils will have just 12 weeks to provide a building roadmap demanded by Westminster, as Labour targets 370,000 new homes each year. Any authorities that don't do so will have a plan forced upon them.