Opposition activists say contract for prince’s charity gives a green light to regime to continue human rights abusesPrince Charles has been accused of lending credibility to an autocratic regime accused of serious human rights abuses after his architec…

Hugh Johnson auction includes vintages dating back to 1830, 1945 Chateau Latour and 1971 German riesling for £6,000The world’s best-selling wine writer, Hugh Johnson, is selling off his private cellar after half a century of collecting and like any do…

Queen’s private secretary Sir Christopher Geidt won high court libel action against John Pilger and Central TV in 1991The senior royal official tasked with handling the creation of a royal charter to regulate the press is a former military intelligence…

Tewkesbury council plans to knock together two semi-detached homes after 36-year-old spent two years on a waiting listA council has defended plans to provide a specially adapted six-bedroom home to a resident with 11 children following allegations it w…

Senior criminal barrister says the plan would curb stigma of false accusations but campaigners fear it will lead to fewer convictions Anti-rape campaigners have dismissed proposals for alleged rapists to be granted anonymity to avoid lasting stigma if …

Business booms at Borough Market in London, with its £48/kilo beef, but it is different for Peckham residents on handoutsA poster of Orphan Annie, a 15-year-old Welsh Black cross cow, looms over the meat counter at London’s Borough Market, the mother …

Tory MP in storm over comments about gay couples and lampooned over 100-metre car journey abstains from tweetingThe Welsh secretary, David Jones, has given up Twitter for Lent. It has left the 60-year old’s followers without regular updates on Welsh ru…

Judges rule that exam boards acted lawfully in pushing up grade boundary for exams taken last summerHopes that tens of thousands of GCSE English students might have their grades raised have been dashed after the high court ruled that measures exam auth…

Windsor MP named in alleged plan to oust David Cameron, owns Adfero, a mass producer of website articlesBritish prime ministers have started out as chemists, barristers and academics but should the ambition of Adam Afriyie ever be realised, he would su…

Data from 2011 census reveals 546,000 people in England and Wales speak PolishPolish is now the main language spoken in England and Wales after English and Welsh, according to 2011 census data released by the Office of National Statistics.The language-…