Astronomers have spotted a runaway supermassive black hole, seemingly ejected from its home galaxy and racing through space with a chain of stars trailing in its...
Maintenance at nine French nuclear reactors was disrupted due to the strike against the government’s planned pension reforms. About 8.2 gigawatts of the country’s power supply...
Anne Keast-Butler will become the first female director of GCHQ, Foreign Secretary James Cleverly said. She will succeed Sir Jeremy Fleming as the 17th director of...
S Club 7 star Jo O’Meara has thanked the public for their “love and kindness” following the death of bandmate Paul Cattermole last week. Cattermole was...
Ultra-low interest rates are set to return with inflation due to tumble in the near future, according to the International Monetary Fund (IMF). This will be...
UK households cut back on food shopping and eating out in March but splashed out on subscriptions to TV streaming services to catch new seasons of...
The US and the Philippines are holding their largest combat drills in decades after China conducted mock air and sea attacks off the coast of Taiwan....
US President Joe Biden says his trip to the island of Ireland will underscore the United States’ commitment to peace and prosperity. He is due...
Gales of up to 60mph and heavy downpours are due to hit parts of the UK as a yellow weather warning is in place from this...
Suella Braverman has been urged to withdraw “divisive” comments around child sexual exploitation (CSE) by dozens of medical bodies, businesses and Muslim community organisations, Sky News...
One million cigarette smokers will be offered vape starter kits as part of a government “swap to stop” scheme to make the nation “smoke free”. The...
Junior doctors are staging a four-day strike from early on Tuesday 11 April until the early hours of Saturday 15 April. The strikes will bring “immense...
The director-general of the Confederation of British Industry Tony Danker has been sacked following an independent investigation into complaints of workplace misconduct against him. Three other...
The director-general of the Confederation of British Industry Tony Danker has been sacked following an independent investigation into complaints of workplace misconduct against him. Three other...
Adding mint flavour to vape liquid makes it more toxic and damaging to lungs, a new study reveals. Menthol-flavoured vape liquid generates more toxic microparticles than...
More than 150 pubs have permanently closed in England and Wales during the first three months of 2023. The rate of pubs being demolished or redeveloped...
Iranian authorities are installing cameras in public places to identify and penalise unveiled women in an attempt to rein in the increasing numbers who are defying...
Hikers who took magic mushrooms on a walk in the Lake District were saved by mountain rescuers after some of the group fell ill. Keswick Mountain...
Almost four million people abandoned calls to NHS 111 last year, with waiting times hitting an average of 25 minutes throughout December, new research has shown....
The BBC has objected to being labelled as “government-funded media” on Twitter. The corporation said it had contacted Twitter after the label was added to the...