Armed officers were called to Huyton, Merseyside on Wednesday following a report that a man in his 20s and woman in her 50s had been stabbed.

The report recommended that Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke, who at 22 is New Zealand’s youngest politician, be suspended from parliament for seven days. The co-leaders of her political party, Rawiri ...

Ross Edgley said the challenge will be the ‘closest thing yet to swimming around Asgard’ as he plans to swim 1,000 miles ...

The chair of the Royal College of GPs also told the BBC this week that doctors have “real concerns about the practical and legal implications of a change in the law on assisted dying”, which she said ...

For the second time this month, Sir Lindsay Hoyle berated ministers in the chamber for making policy announcements to the media.

A charity has served 200 meals at a VE Day beacon lighting event in Colchester. The Rapid Relief Team (RRT) helped the Colchester community celebrate the 80th anniversary of Victory in Europe Day at ...

The British endurance swimmer says ‘I’m frightened of sharks but I’m really frightened of a world without sharks’ ahead of his latest swim.

It’s clear we need to do more to improve the resilience of our transport energy infrastructure,’ Paul Kohler MP warned.

A veteran broadcast journalist has been appointed head of news and current affairs at BBC Scotland. Howard Simpson, who has almost two decades of experience, will take over from Gary Smith who is ...

First-look images of Dame Joan Collins as Wallis Simpson in The Bitter End have been revealed. Directed by Mike Newell, the movie will follow Simpson, the American divorcee who became the Duchess Of ...

The banking giant is now set to become fully private almost 17 years after receiving a state bailout during the 2008 financial crisis.

The Prime Minister has indicated he remains supportive of the assisted dying Bill on the eve of further debate by MPs and amid questions raised by a leading psychiatrists’ body.