Labour is waging a “war on rural England” with its overhaul of planning rules, the Tories have argued. Shadow housing secretary Kevin Hollinrake claimed the “majority” of homes built to reach the ...

Pope Francis has called on wealthy countries and institutions to substantially reduce, if not outright cancel, debt as a matter of justice on the occasion of the Vatican’s 2025 Jubilee Year. In a ...

Migrants have braved the winter weather to cross the Channel to the UK for the first time in eight days. Groups of people wearing life jackets were pictured being brought ashore from a Border Force ...

The 10-year-old was beaten to death four years after her taxi driver father was awarded custody, despite accusations of abuse against him.

The number of hospital beds in England occupied by patients with flu has increased by 70% in a week, NHS England said, as it warned of a “tidal wave of flu hitting hospitals”. Health leaders said ...

Officers were called to Siskin Close in Hawkinge, near Folkestone, at 2.23pm on Wednesday after a report the eight-month-old had been bitten by ...

Swedish prosecutors say they have dropped a rape investigation that was launched in connection with football star Kylian Mbappe’s visit to Stockholm in October. In a statement, lead investigator ...

The National Assembly said the main opposition Democratic Party and five smaller opposition parties submitted the impeachment motion on Thursday afternoon. The parties say they ai ...

Pro Paints in Ayr worked with the Scottish Qualifications Authority (SQA) to develop the new customised award in airless spray painting. The centre, which has been providing training courses for ...

The Australian government said it will tax large digital platforms and search engines unless they agree to share revenue with Australian news media organisations.

The food environment in cities ‘entrenches inequalities’ in health and promotes obesity, Professor Sir Chris Whitty said in his annual report.

Investigators believe hundreds of people could have been targeted by a scam allegedly run through 19 companies based across the UK.