The assisted dying Bill is a “once-in-a-generation opportunity” to bring about much-needed change, a former top prosecutor has said, as the MP behind the proposed legislation dismissed criticism of ...

Firefighters have worked through the night tackling a blaze which broke out on an industrial estate on Tuesday afternoon, leaving six people needing hospital treatment. Six fire engines went to the ...

Last year was the fourth-busiest in the charity’s 201-year history, with lifeboats launched more than 9,100 times across the UK and Ireland.

Sir Keir Starmer and British businesses are braced for the impact of Donald Trump’s “liberation day” tariffs, which have the potential to derail the Government’s hopes for economic growth.

A man shot dead by police at Milton Keynes railway station “moved at speed” towards officers with a knife, police have said. Officers had been called to the station at around 12.55pm on Tuesday ...

Val Kilmer was a versatile actor who made a name for himself playing brooding superhero Batman, as well as arrogant naval aviator Iceman in the hit action movie, Top Gun. The US actor was also known ...

No Automatic Right of Entry: TV Licensing officers do not have an automatic right to enter private property. They can only request entry and may visit to assess whether a TV licence is needed.

Three people have been injured after a man armed with an axe attacked the annual parade by Assyrian Christians in the Iraqi ...

The exhibition features finds from the Thames foreshore and explores the role of mudlarks in uncovering history.

Israel’s military operation in the Gaza Strip is expanding to seize “large areas” of the Palestinian territory, the country’s defence minister said on Wednesday.

Heathrow Airport was warned about its power supply in the days before it closed because of an outage, MPs were told. Nigel Wicking, chief executive of Heathrow Airline Operators Committee, which ...

Rescue crews in Myanmar have pulled a 26-year-old man out alive from the rubble of the capital city hotel where he worked – but most teams are finding only bodies five days after a massive earthquake ...