Sir Keir Starmer has appointed Jonathan Powell, a former chief of staff to Sir Tony Blair and background architect of the Good Friday Agreement, as National Security Adviser. The veteran diplomat ...

Spencer had played the character since the show’s first episode in 1951, and when she announced her retirement in 2022, aged 103, was credited as being the longest-serving chara ...

June Spencer, who played matriarch Peggy Woolley in BBC Radio 4’s The Archers, has died at the age of 105, her family has said. She played the character since the show’s first episode in 1951 and only ...

A Spanish research vessel that investigates marine ecosystems has been deployed to search for people missing after catastrophic flooding.

Israeli football fans have been attacked after a match in Amsterdam, with five people admitted to hospital and 62 arrested, Dutch police said. It was not clear how the violence began. Dutch and ...

Michael McMonagle, 43, was sentenced at Derry Crown Court to nine months in custody and nine months under statutory supervision.

The Lib Dem leader called the president-elect a ‘dangerous, destructive demagogue’ this week after US voters returned him to the White House.

Firefighters have rescued people trapped in their vehicles following a crash involving a lorry and car in Dagenham.

Lidl is to mark the festive season by driving its own version of a Christmas cola truck to cities across the UK, as Coca-Cola announced the return of its own tour. The 20-metre, 15-tonne red truck ...

A wartime bomb has been discovered at a construction site at a stop along the c2c network. Trains will be disrupted ahead of a controlled explosion.

A wartime bomb has been discovered at a construction site at a stop along the c2c network. Trains will be disrupted ahead of a controlled explosion.

A £20,000 reward has been offered for information which could help catch and convict whoever murdered a mother 30 years ago. Shona Stevens, 31, was found with serious injuries on a footpath in a ...