The famine determination by the world’s leading authority on food crises galvanised governments and aid groups to intensify their pleas for Israel to halt its 22-month offensive on Gaza, prompted by ...

The family of a British aid volunteer reportedly killed in a drone strike in Ukraine have said they are “very disappointed” by the response from authorities. Annie Lewis Marffy, 69, travelled from her ...

The BBC's new historical drama King & Conqueror stars James Norton and Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, and depicts the build-up to the Battle of Hastings ...

The family of a British aid worker reportedly killed in a Russian drone strike while volunteering in Ukraine has been left in “red tape limbo”, an NGO has said. Annie Lewis Marffy, 69, travelled from ...

Police, paramedics and firefighters were called to the blaze on Woodford Avenue in Gants Hill at about 9pm on Friday.

At least 12 workers have died and four others are missing after the collapse of an under-construction railway bridge over a major river in north-west China, state media reported. Aerial photos of the ...

Hurricane Erin has been named in the US and you might wonder if it will bring a storm to the UK - here's what the Met Office predicts.

Human remains, which police believe may be that of children, have been found by builders who had been working on a property. Police were contacted at 12.37pm on August 15 with a report that builders ...

Scout Moor wind farm has dominated the skyline north of Manchester for two decades. Now there is a plan to build 17 bigger, more powerful ...

The Conservative leader said the flying of English flags should be ‘welcomed’, rather than ‘seen as an act of rebellion’.

Purple, a tech company based in Greater Manchester, has funded the refurbishment of computer labs at Hulme Grammar School in Oldham ...

Here's why I think Hebden Bridge in West Yorkshire is a perfect place to visit during the last warm days of the year, and it's less than an ...