He added that emergency power outages were implemented nationwide. Russia in previous years has targeted Ukraine’s ...

A major trial to determine if an innovative 10-minute sponge test should be used to screen people with heartburn for oesophageal cancer has welcomed its first patients.

Commons Leader Lucy Powell has urged MPs not to get “bogged down” in the process of the assisted dying Bill. The Government will work to make Labour MP Kim Leadbeater’s Terminally Ill Adults (End of ...

Daniel Khalife’s audacious escape from HMP Wandsworth in 2023 revealed significant problems with the prison system. But when the 23-year-old’s trial for spying charges began in October, a running ...

The family of teenager Jay Slater have turned off donations from a fundraising page set up after his disappearance in Tenerife, saying “our journey of trauma and grief will continue forever”. Mr ...

Daniel Khalife made headlines in September 2023 when he escaped from HMP Wandsworth where he was awaiting trial accused of spying for Iran. Here is a timeline of events leading up to his conviction.

Former England coach Chris Silverwood will return to Essex as the county’s new director of cricket. The 49-year-old is due to take up his new role in mid-December, succeeding Anthony McGrath who ...

The results showed a five-year downward trend in the number of people saying they were always able to get help from staff during labour and birth.

Charities are in “real danger” following the Government’s plans to increase employers’ national insurance contributions, Tory MPs have argued. Shadow culture secretary Stuart Andrew said the ...

Katie O’Brien’s is a chain of Irish pubs owned by Newcastle-based firm Innvest Group. It already operates Katie O’Briens in Newcastle, Sheffield, Nottingham, Durham, Leicester and recently opened one ...

Labour MP Marsha de Cordova made the remarks as she responded to questions on behalf of the Church of England.

Simon Harris said it is not his place to tell people who to transfer their vote to but urged them to consider the make-up of the new government.