South Western Railway, c2c and Greater Anglia will be transferred to public ownership under plans announced by Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander.

An Israeli air strike on the Gaza Strip has killed at least five people, including four children, Palestinian medics said.

More than 500 officers took part in raids in cities in Germany on Wednesday, targeting gangs bringing migrants to the UK in inflatable boats.

Skipton, which in 2014 was named by the Sunday Times as the best place to live in Britain, has now been named by Rightmove as the sixth happiest place to live in the country. And, it was the cheapest ...

Eating ultra-processed foods like breakfast cereals and ready meals is linked to more fat being stored in the thighs regardless of how many calories are consumed, new research suggests. The study also ...

A survey found forthcoming rises in employers’ national insurance contributions weighed on firms’ appetite to hire new staff.

England newcomer Jacob Bethell received a double dose of good news on Wednesday, keeping his place for the second Test against New Zealand and landing a two-year central contract.

Some teenagers have suffered from long Covid for more than two years, researchers have found. But the majority who had long Covid three months after first testing positive will recover, according to ...

Relatives of missing people are searching hospitals and mortuaries in southern Guinea after a stampede at a football stadium led to 56 deaths. There are fears the official death toll is too low after ...

Keira Knightley, Ben Whishaw and Sarah Lancashire are among the cast members for the Netflix spy series Black Doves ...

The European Union has agreed to a one-year delay on the introduction of new rules to ban the sale of products that lead to massive deforestation – caving in to demands from several producer nations ...