Wildfires burned in parts of Europe on Tuesday as millions of people across the continent struggled to adapt to the new ...

James ‘Jim’ Wren survived the sinking of HMS Repulse in December 1941 after it was torpedoed in the South China Sea.

A New York resident has admitted he tried to smuggle protected turtles worth more than one million US dollars from the US to Hong Kong by shipping them in boxes labelled “plastic animal toys”.

The Chancellor insisted Labour had been ‘creating more jobs’ since entering office despite vacancy numbers declining over the last quarter.

It took 20 months to hit the milestone under Rishi Sunak’s premiership compared with 13 months under Sir Keir Starmer.

A man has been arrested on suspicion of common assault after a police helicopter was deployed to search for him.

More than 50,000 migrants have arrived in the UK after crossing the English Channel since Labour won the 2024 general election. Home Office figures showed 474 migrants arrived by small boat on Monday.

A community in Co Down has been “shaken and upset deeply” by the attack on a priest and the death of a man at the weekend, Bishop Alan McGuckian has said. Father John Murray was struck on the head in ...

A US woman whose gun jammed while she was disguised in a niqab during a failed assassination attempt in Birmingham has been found guilty of conspiracy to murder. Aimee Betro flew to the UK before she ...

Speaking after Betro was convicted of conspiracy to murder at Birmingham Crown Court, Detective Chief Inspector Alastair Orencas said only a malfunction of her pistol or a “rogue” bullet had prevented ...

The 45-year-old US citizen claimed to be in love with co-conspirator Mohammed Nabil Nazir, who joined her on a road trip after the bungled shooting.

Nicola Sturgeon has told how she went for counselling for the first time after breaking down in tears while giving evidence to the UK Covid-19 Inquiry – with the former first minister saying she was ...