Ferocious winds that drove the flames have calmed somewhat and were not expected to be as powerful during the day on Thursday ...

NHS England has published its latest monthly performance data for hospitals, along with this week’s snapshot of winter virus ...

Taiwan demonstrated its sea defences against a potential Chinese attack on Thursday as tensions rise with Beijing, part of a ...

The US president was scheduled to leave for Italy after giving the eulogy for former president Jimmy Carter at his funeral in ...

Irish leaders have indicated they are content with the handling of recent weather as the end of the cold snap is in sight. Temperatures in parts of Ireland plunged to minus 7.5C in the early hours of ...

A “popular, well-liked” teenager was fatally stabbed near a bus station in a town centre, police have said. Thomas Taylor, 17, was attacked by a group of males at 5.50pm on Wednesday as he walked ...

A motorist has been caught driving with their head out of the window “Ace Ventura-style” because the car’s windscreen was blocked by snow. Merseyside Police said this is “simply not acceptable” and ...

Veronica Wilson spoke to John Swinney about the unsolved killing of her husband Alistair at their home in Nairn in 2004.

Police are investigating whether the death of a 78-year-old woman by cardiac arrest after she boarded a London bus was linked to how the vehicle was driven. The elderly woman was taken ill shortly ...

Mr Lynch said he was incredibly proud to have served the RMT both as a rank-and-file member and an elected officer.

The North West is the subject of a further yellow weather warning for ice, issued by the Met Office. This warning will come into effect from 4pm this afternoon, Thursday, and it will remain in place ...

A judge at the New York Court of Appeals issued a brief order declining to grant a hearing to the US president-elect’s legal team.