Chris Woakes carved New Zealand open with a vital double strike as England placed a stranglehold on the first Test in ...

The funeral of comedian Janey Godley is taking place in Glasgow, with former Scottish first minister Nicola Sturgeon among the mourners. The service is being held at at St Mary’s Cathedral in Glasgow ...

Financial Conduct Authority chief executive Nikhil Rathi has defended the organisation after the report by MPs and peers.

A senior MP has said she is “worried that vulnerable people will get swept up in the assisted dying route”, after plans received their first approval from MPs. A historic Commons vote on Friday means ...

A Hampshire Constabulary spokesman said that about 200 people were at the protest, where a minority of those involved became aggressive.

The boxes holding the ballots were opened at 9am at count centres across the country. They must first be sorted before counting formally begins, in a process which could last days because of Ireland’s ...

Fire crews from Scarborough were called to an address at 5.12pm yesterday, November 29, where they said the garden fire had become out of control. The crews said that, due to the size of the fire, ...

From Outnumbered and Call The Midwife to Strictly Come Dancing and Doctor Who, these are all the programmes on the BBC this Christmas.

A Russia military delegation arrived in North Korea as international concerns about the two countries’ expanding co-operation ...

A swift, three-day trial against Alexei Gorinov, once a low-profile activist, underscored Moscow’s intolerance of any ...

Experts trained Ivor, a six-year-old cocker spaniel Labrador cross, to identify the highly destructive pathogen phytophthora ...

The shock offensive sent residents fleeing and added fresh uncertainty to a region reeling from multiple wars.