A 72-year-old woman who joined Namibia’s underground independence movement in the 1970s is a strong contender to become its ...

The Major Individual Awards worth up to £15,000 are being presented by the Arts Council of Northern Ireland with National ...

Vauxhall owner Stellantis’ decision to close its Luton factory, putting 1,100 jobs at risk, came after Government efforts to save the plant failed.

Mishal Husain, one of the presenters of BBC Radio 4’s Today programme, will be leaving the corporation in the new year. The 51-year-old journalist, also a host of The Today Debate and who fronted ...

Carol Vorderman has received an honorary doctor of science degree from the university where her son achieved a first class honours degree. The 63-year-old was awarded the honour from UWE Bristol in ...

The broadcaster said as many MPs as possible should listen to the arguments for and against changing the law and make their own decision.

Two people have been charged with drug offences after police seized £650,000 worth of cocaine from a Hertfordshire gang.

A mother and son caught in an avalanche in the French Alps while skiing were killed in a “tragic accident”, an inquest has heard. Katharine Vokes, 54, known as Kate, and her 22-year-old son Archie ...

A seaside attraction which owes £51 million to a council that helped set it up has filed for insolvency. Bosses of Brighton seafront’s observation tower, Brighton i360, have announced the notification ...

Pets at Home reported on Wednesday that pre-tax profits were up 47.3% to £51.1 million for the half-year. It added that profits for the current financial year are due to “grow ...

Bus mileage in England remains 11% below pre-pandemic levels, new figures show, as local authorities face severe funding pressures. The total distance travelled by buses in the year to the end of ...

It comes after Lord Patten announced that he would be retiring after more than 20 years in the historic position.