The death toll from an Israeli air strike on a Beirut suburb has risen to 31, including seven women and three children, Lebanon’s health minister said. Firass Abiad told reporters that 68 people were ...

Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy said that ministers ‘don’t want people to believe that we are living very different lives from them’.

Heavy rain has triggered landslides and led swollen rivers to overflow in a region of Japan still recovering from a deadly earthquake earlier this year. The Japan Meteorological Agency issued the ...

A tornado has been been described as “terrifying” as it swept through Aldershot causing damage to properties and felling trees. No-one was hurt in the weather event in the Hampshire town which ...

Mystery still surrounds the identity of a woman six months after her body was found in the River Mersey. Police appear to be no closer to identifying the slightly built woman, wearing a lime-green ...

Relatives of Alistair Wilson branded police “incompetent” and say they have lost trust in their ability to secure justice. The 30-year-old father of two was shot in Nairn in the Highlands in November ...

Great Paxton Scarecrow Festival returned on September 14 and has seen locals recreate musicians including Taylor Swift – 22 hat included – and Oasis in straw form and given the names T’Haylor Swift ...

Greg Bateman and Kai Horstmann will be climbing Snowdon, Scafell Pike and Ben Nevis and cycling the 675 kilometres between them.

International visitors to Worcestershire are spending 31 per cent more during their visits to the county, new data shows. The card spending figures from VisitEngland and Visa reveal a significant ...

A police operation aiming to crack down on the 'fatal four' causing road collisions is set to begin. Operation Spotlight will focus on speeding, distractions such as mobile phone use, driving under ...

'HERE kitty, kitty, kitty!' I croon into the shadows of this wild city nature reserve where a growling beast may well lurk somewhere in the gloom. My search for the Tolladine Beast or, as some call it ...

South Carolina put inmate Freddie Owens to death on Friday as the state restarted executions after an unintended 13-year pause because prison officials could not get the drugs needed for lethal ...