A 17-year-old boy has been sentenced to eight years in detention for the attempted murder of an Irish army chaplain last year. Fr Paul Murphy was stabbed seven times with a hunting knife while ...

A woman has tragically died and police are looking to find her family. Margaret Gillings, 84, died at an address in Albert Street, Horwich, on Sunday, April 27. Officers say that there are no ...

The number of jobs to be cut at Dundee University has dropped by half as part of a new recovery plan, the institution has said. Due to a £35 million deficit, the university had initially said it would ...

Helicopters have dropped water on large fires burning on the slopes of South Africa’s Table Mountain as police investigated whether arson was the cause. Table Mountain National Park first reported the ...

Jacob Fearnley fell to defeat against Grigor Dimitrov after their Madrid Open third-round match resumed following Monday’s power-cut. The match was suspended at a crucial stage because of the outage, ...

A fire involving three vehicles broke out this afternoon, Tuesday. The incident happened in Longsight Road, Holcombe Brook, at around 12.45pm. A fire crew attended to make the area safe. It is ...

Voters across parts of England will go to the polls on Thursday to elect councillors, regional mayors, and a new MP in the seat of Runcorn ...

John Higgins established a slender 5-3 advantage over Mark Williams at the end of the opening session of their World Snooker Championship quarter-final at the Crucible.

Six members of a grooming gang that sexual abused a girl in a “den of iniquity” riven with cocaine and alcohol have been dealt with ...

“Monty’s Star ran his race at Cheltenham to finish fourth in the Gold Cup and he has come out of the race really well. We don’t have a lot to find with Spillane’s Tower on their running at Punchestown ...

Former England stars including Sir Geoff Hurst and Kevin Keegan will be at the House of Commons on Tuesday evening to meet with MPs.

Fifteen fire engines and 100 firefighters were called to the blaze in Maida Vale in west London on Tuesday morning.