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Foreign Secretary says he wants the visit to be 'constructive' Via: Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe: Boris Johnson to express 'grave concerns' about British mother jailed in Iran

Motorway shut in both directions over fears for welfare of a man on a bridge near junction 28People were stuck in their cars for hours after the M5 was closed in both directions causing tailbacks for seven miles.The motorway was Read more

Weather warnings issued with falling temperatures and up to 20cm of snow expected in some parts of ScotlandWeather warnings are still in place for large parts of the country with more snow forecast and temperatures expected to plummet.Freezing temperatures which Read more

Three of the top seven in this year’s Grand National return to Aintree along with 2016 runner-up The Last Samuri but the favourite’s form is too good to ignoreThere is plenty of previous experience over the Grand National fences on Read more

Anxious Richard Ratcliffe hopes his wife Nazanin could be home for Christmas following foreign secretary’s interventionThe husband of a British-Iranian woman serving a five-year jail sentence in Tehran said he was “waiting on tenterhooks and biting his nails” as the Read more

Organisation supporting families and survivors says inquiry can only succeed if voices of bereaved and survivors are not silenced Bereaved relatives and survivors of the Grenfell Tower fire must be placed at the heart of the inquiry into the disaster, Read more