An inquest will be held on Thursday into the death of a 10-year-old girl who was killed in a mudslide while she was on a school trip. Leah Harrison was killed at Carlton Bank on the edge of the North ...

A police watchdog has complained to Ofcom over an episode of Panorama about the shooting of Chris Kaba. The Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) said it had gone to the broadcast regulator ...

Weinstein has pleaded not guilty, and defence lawyer Arthur Aidala countered by portraying the accusers as willing partners ...

A Texas man convicted of fatally strangling and stabbing a young mother more than 20 years ago was executed on Wednesday evening. Moises Sandoval Mendoza received a lethal injection at the state ...

Carlos Santana has postponed a second Texas concert after testing positive for Covid-19. The guitar virtuoso’s official Facebook page said he is scrubbing Thursday night’s stop on his Oneness Tour at ...

Universities’ financial ties with foreign sources have long been a concern among Republicans, especially ties with China.

Talks between the UK, France, Germany, the US and Ukraine were downgraded after US secretary of state Marco Rubio failed to attend.

Questions about a possible US trade deal continue to overshadow Rachel Reeves’s mission to Washington as she prepares for talks with her US counterpart. The Chancellor has travelled to the US capital ...

On average, men have a shorter life expectancy compared to women – a difference of almost four years – and officials are asking for views on what must be done to “close the gap”. Men are also more ...

Thousands more people are expected to flock to pay respects to Pope Francis as the Vatican said it would extend viewing hours for his lying-in-state if necessary. Huge crowds thronged St Peter’s ...

The bank also revealed scam victims are most likely to live in cities including Edinburgh, Manchester, Newcastle and Newport.

A man with a life-threatening peanut allergy is living a near-normal life after taking part in a “life-changing” study which gradually saw him exposed to nuts. Richard Lassiter’s allergy is so severe ...