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.

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

A dog owner from Cornwall is out to wow the crowds when she enters Crufts in March. Dani Fellows, 29, will show at the world's greatest dog show with her beloved three-year-old Rottweiler/Akita ...