A brother who attacked his older sister with a hammer as she lay in bed has been detained indefinitely for her manslaughter.

The Forth Road Bridge has been closed to traffic after 10 Greenpeace activists suspended themselves from the structure in order to block a tanker. The group said it wanted to block an Ineos tanker ...

The Israeli government is considering “alternative options” to ceasefire talks with Hamas, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Friday, after Israel and the US recalled their negotiating teams, ...

Britain’s proscription of Palestine Action is a “disturbing misuse” of counter-terror laws, the United Nations human rights chief has said. Volker Turk has urged the UK to lift the ban, which he ...

Joe Root moved up to third on the all-time Test run-scorers list as he and Ollie Pope helped England close in on India’s first-innings score at Emirates Old Trafford. Root overtook former India batter ...

Hampshire Constabulary has been increasing its crackdown on rural crime following several reports throughout June and July of quadbikes, along with other equipment and tools, being stolen in rural ...

The Chancellor could be left at risk of breaking her fiscal rules by unexpected economic shocks and faces “significant challenges” in delivering the Government’s agenda, the International Monetary ...

Former England cricketer Graham Thorpe was not perceived by healthcare professionals to be in a “crisis situation” after they were told he had been asking his wife “for help to end his life” weeks ...