This was the fifth election campaign he fought as party leader and despite the lack of an overall majority, it is still his most successful.

The Scottish Conservative leader said he was happy with his party’s campaign, saying it had focused on the real issues that matter to voters.

The Royal Albert Hall celebration, hosted by Kirsty Young, featured Dan Smith, frontman of Brit Award‑winning act Bastille, with the BBC Concert Orchestra performing their track Pompeii, which was ...

William said the naturalist has been a ‘guiding light in the work we now undertake to safeguard the natural world’.