Police detain and later release man and woman in their 30s while they investigate theft and subsequent death of staff member

Two people have been arrested over a robbery at a jewellery shop in south-west London, shortly after which a staff member was found dead.

A man and a woman, both in their 30s, were detained by officers this week and later released while police continue to investigate. The body of Oliver White, who was assaulted but not seriously injured during the robbery, was found in Surrey the next day. Police have said they are not treating his death as suspicious.

Party unveils plans for new regulator to tackle sewage crisis and banning bonuses for water firm CEOs as it vies for attention

The Liberal Democrats are no strangers to election stunts as they vie for attention in a crowded political field: already this year they have produced a giant hourglass to represent “time running out for Rishi Sunak” and have had an activist dress up as a “Tory” dinosaur, holding a sign reading “Make this Conservative government history”.

But getting their leader to fall off a paddleboard into Windermere in the Lake District to highlight England’s sewage crisis is a new one.

Alana Dredge posts emotional message to Oliver White, who died hours after being put in chokehold during raid in Richmond

The partner of a watch dealer who was found dead the day after he was the victim of a robbery in south-west London has paid tribute to him, saying she loved him more than she could express in words.

The man, reported to be Oliver White, died hours after being put in a chokehold during the raid. Police have said they are not treating the death as suspicious.

Steve Baker says advisers came up with policy to bring back mandatory national service without agreeing it with ministers

The Conservative campaign pledge to introduce mandatory national service was dreamed up by advisers and sprung on candidates, a government minister has said.

Criticism of the headline-grabbing policy has centred on claims it was not fully thought through before being announced, while ministers said just two days before the announcement that a return of national service was not on the cards.

Anne-Marie Trevelyan responds to widely criticised comments by Nigel Farage over the weekend

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A Foreign Office minister has claimed some Muslims in Britain “want to challenge” fundamental UK values.

Anne-Marie Trevelyan was responding to widely criticised comments made by Nigel Farage, the honorary president of Reform UK, who said on Sunday there was a growing proportion of people in the UK who “loathe much of what we stand for”.

Treasury minister Bim Afolami said it was ‘not unnatural’ for high-profile Tory MPs to be standing down at an election

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The Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar will visit Wishaw in North Lanarkshire following the official launch of the party’s campaign on Friday. He says:

This chaotic and dysfunctional Tory government has let down Scots and put their own party interest ahead of the national interest – but the same is true of the SNP.

This is a pivotal moment for Scotland and a chance to reject the division and decline of both the Tories and the SNP.

Our campaign to beat the SNP and end their obsession with independence is going full steam ahead. John Swinney’s shameless defence of Michael Matheson is turning more and more local people away from the SNP.

We’re asking voters to come together and take the opportunity to remove the SNP from every seat possible. We have a big chance in this election, but we need to seize it.

I am proud to stand on the SNP’s record in government, and to contrast it with the record of the Westminster parties.

We have managed to achieve so much in the face of 14 years of Westminster austerity because we are the only party that will always put Scotland first – and which is focused on people’s priorities.

Christina Robinson shook Dwelaniyah to death after he suffered cruelty over several weeks

A mother who beat her three-year-old son with a bamboo cane, claiming it was in line with Bible teaching, weeks before she murdered him, has been jailed for life with a minimum term of 25 years.

Christina Robinson exposed her son Dwelaniyah to cruelty and excruciating pain over several weeks before she shook him to death at the family home in County Durham in November 2022.

Postmortem carried out six days after death of Brian Low in February indicated cause of death as shooting

Police have arrested a 75-year-old man in connection with the death of a 65-year-old dog walker who was shot dead on a countryside track.

The body of Brian Low was discovered in Pitilie, near Aberfeldy in Perthshire, at about 8.30am on 17 February. A postmortem examination carried out six days later established the cause of death as a shooting.

One in 10 prisons in England and Wales barely fit for purpose, says audit of prisoner treatment

If you are one those people who turns up their nose at the plot of the Shawshank Redemption for being a little too far-fetched, this may come as a surprise.

Some jails have become so decrepit that, in one case, Winchester prison inmates were able to tunnel through the walls using only plastic cutlery, a damning report on facilities in England and Wales has found.

Myrteza Hilaj and Kreshnik Kadena convicted after NCA operation into Albanian crime group involved in illegal migration

Two men who used a plane to smuggle people from northern France to an aerodrome in Essex have been jailed.

Myrteza Hilaj and Kreshnik Kadena, both from Leyton in east London, were found guilty at Southwark crown court in March of facilitating the commission of a breach of immigration law.

Victoria Atkins says she has asked officials to look into claims doctors and nurses who have spoken up were mistreated

The NHS must listen to whistleblowers and investigate their concerns in the interests of patient safety, the health secretary has said.

Victoria Atkins said she had asked officials to look into cases where there were claims of mistreatment of people who had spoken up about the issues they had experienced.

Extreme geomagnetic storm that lit up skies last weekend could recur as 11-year solar cycle reaches its peak

Anyone who missed the northern lights last weekend may get another chance to see them as experts predict there could be more soon.

Last weekend, bands of pink and green light, known as aurora borealis, lit up the night sky, with rare sightings across the UK, Europe and the northern hemisphere after an “extreme” geomagnetic storm caused them to be more visible, according to the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

PC Perry Lathwood handcuffed Jocelyn Agyemang last year over false suspicion of fare evasion in Croydon

A Metropolitan police officer who manhandled a woman as she was arrested in front of her son on the false suspicion of fare evasion has been found guilty of assault.

PC Perry Lathwood was found guilty of assault by beating after a one-day trial at the City of London magistrates court last week.