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 ...

Commons leader Lucy Powell said many members see the ‘real, dangerous impact’ of ketamine as ministers consider upgrading the ...

Mozambique’s main opposition leader has returned from self-imposed exile saying he still rejects the results of a disputed ...

Members of the National Education Union will be asked if they would be willing to take industrial action over the Government’s proposed pay offer.

Thousands of firefighters were attempting to contain the original Palisades fire, which has burnt nearly 16,000 acres.

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 ...

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 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 ...

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.