The Education Secretary Michael Gove’s department has been censured by public spending watchdogs over a plan to set up a state boarding school for inner-city children in the heart of the Sussex countryside.

Rachida Sobhi claims she did not reveal her criminal record due to amnesia

The radical cleric Abu Qatada has written to the Archbishop of Canterbury asking for a private meeting at Belmarsh prison. Abu Qatada is understood to have written to the Most Rev Justin Welby at Lambeth Palace recently, to ask him for a personal visit, even providing him with a prison visiting order.

Body says site is not suitable for a school with more than 600 pupils

Will Smith made a surprise appearance in Brixton today with local MPs Tessa Jowell and Chuka Umunna.

Rowan Williams formally steps down today as the Archbishop of Canterbury to take up a life in gentle academia after nearly a decade of leading the world's Anglicans during one of its most turbulent periods.

Thousands of demonstrators are expected to gather in London on Wednesday in the first high-profile student protest since 2010.

Two men have died after collapsing in a sauna near Waterloo station in south London.

A girl aged 14 and a boy aged 16 have appeared in court charged with the murder of a 15-year-old boy.

Legacy hopes borne out by poll

Young gang members display “entrepreneurial zeal” in their criminal activities and should be encouraged to start their own businesses, according to the shadow business secretary.

The inquest into the controversial death of a mentally ill man has heard how police did not regard his offences as serious enough to warrant their involvement in his care. 

A teenage gang who went "on the prowl" with a loaded gun have been found guilty of killing a professional dancer.