Milton has rapidly strengthened into a Category 4 hurricane as it heads towards population centres in the US state of Florida ...

A “jolly emu who loved cuddles” has been found dead seven days after disappearing from an animal sanctuary in Wiltshire.

A shoplifter stole £178 of Ferrero Rocher from Sainsbury’s in Beckenham. Shahin Hosein, 35, of Borough Hill in Croydon, has been given an eight-week prison sentence at Croydon Crown Court on Friday ...

The Northern Ireland Ambulance Service said it was “with a major incident at Carrowdore involving a bus with up to 70 passengers”. It added that it had dispatched “multiple resources” to the scene.

The leader of a teachers’ trade union has announced he will not be seeking a further term as general secretary. Dr Patrick Roach told members, staff and activists that the election of a new Government ...

Former Metropolitan Police officer David Carrick has been charged with a string of sex offences against two women, including rape and sexual assault. The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) said Carrick ...

Milton has increased to a Category 2 hurricane as the US state of Florida gears up for what could be its biggest evacuation ...

Popular chain TGI Fridays has confirmed the 35 restaurants that will be closing "immediately". The business announced that it would be closing locations across the country after accepting a new rescue ...

A 22-year-old man has been charged with murder after another man was fatally shot in Bethnal Green. Muhammad Abbas, from Bradford Road, Kirklees, appeared in Thames Magistrates’ Court on Monday, ...

A teenager has been taken to hospital after a stabbing at a busy tube station in London. The incident happened at Sloane Square Underground station just before 3.20pm today (October 7). An ambulance ...

Slimming down the winter fuel payment will “add insult to injury”, an MP has warned, while another asked the Government to put a figure on how many pensioner deaths “will occur” as a result of the ...