Animal protection groups OneKind, Animal Aid, Born Free and Freedom for Animals are leading the campaign to end the use of live reindeer events and displays across the UK. The letter, with 35 ...

Catherine Connolly has become the 10th President of Ireland following an inauguration ceremony at Dublin Castle. Taoiseach Micheal Martin and Tanaiste Simon Harris were among those attending the ...

Dame Jilly Cooper suffered a fatal head injury during a fall at her Gloucestershire home, an inquest has heard. The writer – known for her “bonkbusters” including Riders, Rivals and Polo – was found ...

Police want to speak to a couple in connection with a racially aggravated assault at Bond Street Tube station in central London.

Asylum seekers can continue to be housed in the Bell Hotel in Essex after Epping Forest District Council failed to secure a High Court injunction that would block them from living there. The council ...

Less than two thirds of Scots are satisfied with local health services, a poll has shown. The Scottish Household Survey received responses from more than 10,400 people across the country on a number ...

Poignant services were held across the country on the anniversary of the end of the First World War with a two minutes’ silence observed at 11am.

Morrisons has today announced its ‘Merry More’ scheme, where More Card shoppers can earn an additional 20,000 More Points in the next ...

The story of a death row prisoner who befriends a nun was turned into an Oscar winning movie but also an opera which gets its first London ...

Outgoing BBC director-general Tim Davie has told staff the corporation has to “stand up for our journalism”, insisting it will control its own narrative which “will not just be given by our enemies”.