A British man running the length of Africa is set to complete the gruelling challenge. Russ Cook, who calls himself “Hardest Geezer” on social media, has...
Running her fingers over her scan for the first time, Karen Trippass could feel straight away that her unborn baby had her husband’s nose. Born with...
Police say a body found in a caravan is that of a sex offender wanted over a woman’s murder. Richard Scatchard, 70, from Minehead in Somerset,...
Storm Kathleen has brought disruption to the UK and Ireland, with tens of thousands of people left without power, dozens of flights cancelled and a major...
The human remains found wrapped in plastic at a nature reserve belong to a man aged older than 40, police say. A murder investigation was launched...
Two planes on the tarmac at Heathrow Airport collided on Saturday, causing damage to their wings. The empty Virgin Atlantic 787 was being towed from the...
A three-year-old girl has been rescued from a lake in Merseyside after getting out of a nearby home. The child fell into the lake near Shirebrook...
Storm Kathleen is expected to bring heavy gusts and rain – and the highest temperatures of year so far, as it hits the UK today. Pushing in...
The children of some of the sub-postmasters caught up in the Post Office scandal are calling for a “family fund” for the impact their parents’ wrongful...
The UK is expected to record its hottest day of the year so far this weekend – with some towns and cities set to bask in...
A rented flat secretly converted into a “fantasy world” by its tenant has been given Grade II listed status after volunteers campaigned to save it. The...
The crisis engulfing Thames Water has deepened after its holding company announced it had been unable to meet a debt repayment. Kemble Water said it missed...
A key witness who has given crucial evidence in the Madeleine McCann investigation is dying from cancer, a court has been told. It could set back...
The chancellor has praised Tory MP William Wragg for offering a “courageous and fulsome” apology after admitting to The Times that he had shared MPs’ personal...
Police have launched a murder investigation after finding human remains wrapped in plastic at a nature reserve. Officers were called by a member of the public...
A teenage boy has died of his injuries after being stabbed in Manchester. Police officers were called shortly after 4.15pm on Thursday to reports of a...
The mastermind of an armed robbery in which PC Sharon Beshenivsky was shot dead nearly 20 years ago has been found guilty of her murder. Prosecutors...
PC Sharon Beshenivsky had only been a police officer for nine months when she responded to an alarm call at a travel agent in Bradford on...
Parts of a south London hospital were sealed off while treating a woman who had swallowed poison, police have said. Two officers were also exposed to...
The Met Office has issued yellow weather warnings for wind, rain and snow across the UK from Friday. On Saturday, almost the entire west coast of...