Great British Bake Off champ Nadiya Hussain has revealed she is receiving protection from police over alleged anti-Islamic abuse levelled at her online. The star, whose victory in the final was watched by 13.4million people, said she had been targeted over her Muslim faith and wearing a headscarf. The star told of her abuse on ITV’s Loose Women. She explained: ...

Flood warnings remained in place across almost all parts of Britain on Wednesday, with the north-east of England worst hit overnight. Torrential rain flooded out residents on one Newcastle estate for the sixth time in less than a decade, while police divers in Aberdeen joined the search for a missing camper thought to have been caught up in the floods ...

Three Labour MPs have quit the party’s front bench in protest at sackings made by Jeremy Corbyn in his reshuffle. Jonathan Reynolds and Stephen Doughty quit over the sacking of the shadow Europe minister Pat McFadden. Mr Corbyn fired Mr McFadden over “disloyalty” after he appeared to criticise his stance on terrorism. Kevan Jones has quit his defence role over ...