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 ...

Across the country as a whole, job vacancies fell by 15.1% in the four months since the budget, compared to the previous four months, the report said.

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 ...

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.

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.

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.

Three people have been injured after a man armed with an axe attacked the annual parade by Assyrian Christians in the Iraqi city of Dohuk to mark their new year, officials said.

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 ...

The leisure group behind the 126-year-old Brighton Palace Pier has seen its shares slump as it became the latest firm to announce plans to delist ...

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 ...

Visitors have been welcomed back to see the puffins at the Farne Islands on the centenary of the important wildlife habitat being under the care of the National Trust. The 14 islands that make up the ...