A convicted murderer sexually assaulted, tortured and beat a retired horsewoman to death, a court heard. Brian Whitelock, 57, attacked neighbour Wendy Buckney, 71, with a kitchen knife, a broken table ...

Mr Scholz declared his plans for the vote of confidence one week after his three-party coalition government collapsed.

Sir Keir Starmer resisted pressure from an Independent MP during Prime Minister’s Questions to describe the war in Gaza as “genocide”. When asked for his definition of the word, Sir Keir told the ...

The witness told the inquiry that a sample of the nerve agent the size of ‘a third to a sixth of a grain of salt’ could be fatal to a human.

Master George Taft, 65, and deckhand Ian Catterson, 73 died in the incident off Greenock, Inverclyde, in February 2023.

Festive favourites Love Actually, The Holiday, and The Muppets Christmas Carol will be shown in Liverpool and Manchester with full live orchestras.

Planning for a “smooth transition” at the Grangemouth refinery should have started five years ago, MSPs have been told. Representatives of Petroineos, which owns the Scottish plant and has announced ...

POLICE have confirmed that following searches in Pennington Flash and around Leigh, the body of a missing Cheshire woman has been found. Officers said the woman, Jane Burton, was last seen in Walkers ...

Sir Keir Starmer has said he was expecting to see Nigel Farage included in America’s immigration statistics, as he joked that the Reform UK leader was making a “rare appearance in Britain”.

A court in Greenland again decided on Wednesday to extend the custody of anti-whaling campaigner Paul Watson until December 4, while Denmark considers a Japanese extradition request. Japan does not ...

The Toy Retailers Association has released its annual DreamToys list of the 20 predicted top sellers this Christmas.