A second boy has died after two children got into difficulty in the River Tyne in Northumberland. Northumbria Police said Aras Rudzianskas, 13, from Newcastle, died...
Further heavy rain could cause a danger to life and travel disruption after a mudslide resulted in one death on Wednesday, the Met Office has warned....
A portrait of the Princess of Wales, which takes inspiration from her cancer diagnosis video message, has been unveiled. The painting by British-Zambian artist Hannah Uzor...
Rishi Sunak has called a general election for 4 July, saying “now is the moment for Britain to choose its future”. In a statement outside Downing...
Rishi Sunak has called a general election for this summer. The prime minister has been saying for months he would call a vote for the “second...
A person has died in a mudslide in North Yorkshire, police have said. Police said they were responding to the mudslide, which happened at 1.15pm in...
The Royal Family is postponing engagements “which may appear to divert attention or distract from the election campaign”, Buckingham Palace has announced. It comes after Rishi...
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has confirmed that a general election will take place on 4 July. Standing in the rain outside Downing Street, Sunak touted his...
In 1997, Labour told us “Things Can Only Get Better”, before Tony Blair won a landslide general election victory. This year, Rishi Sunak appears to have...
Sir Keir Starmer has said the “opportunity for change” will define the general election on 4 July. The Labour leader said Rishi Sunak’s announcement was the...
A deputy manager of a nursery has been jailed for 14 years for killing a baby girl she strapped face down on a bean bag for...
The 73-year-old British man who died from a suspected heart attack after “sudden extreme turbulence” on a London-Singapore flight has been named as Geoff Kitchen. Dozens...
With protesters gathering and media cameras carefully angled, one of the most important people in the whole Post Office Horizon IT scandal will sit for three...
Conservative MP Craig Mackinlay has revealed he has had both his hands and feet amputated after contracting sepsis last year. The MP for South Thanet is...
There has been a sharp fall in the number of overseas health and care workers applying for visas in the first few months of this year...
The bodies of two women have been found at a property in Nottingham, with police believing they may have been there “for some time”. Police said...
Let’s start with the good news. After nearly three years in which inflation was well above the Bank of England’s 2% target, it is finally back...
Heavy rain could spark travel disruption across much of the UK, with a warning that flooding in some places could cause “danger to life”. The Met...
A victim of the Post Office Horizon scandal has told Sky News that ex-boss Paula Vennells must “come clean” in her evidence to the statutory inquiry....
People infected with deadly viruses due to the tainted blood scandal could receive more than £2m in compensation, according to government documents. “Illustrative figures” have been...