Jack Straw, on a train from London to Blackburn, balances one on his forefinger, explaining the delicacies of law-making. Tip too far one way or the other and the whole thing, he demonstrates ...

The government should scrap the right of defendants to choose trial by jury for some mid-range offences, former justice secretary Jack Straw has said. He branded laws allowing someone on trial to ...

She represents the family of Jack Straw's founder, William Hood, who died at Edward Hospital in Naperville the day after Thanksgiving, only five months into his retirement.

Today is the 50th anniversary of the invasion of Cyprus by Turkish armed forces, and the beginning of what we now call the Turkish Republic of North Cyprus (TRNC). The difficulty however for its ...