Francis is said to be responding well to treatment and has shown a ‘gradual, slight improvement’, his doctors say.

The UK recorded the warmest day of the year twice this weekend, with temperatures reaching almost 20C in parts of the country. The Met Office confirmed a record 19.7C was hit in Crosby, Merseyside, on ...

The move comes a week after Israel cut off all supplies of goods to the territory of more than two million people.

Hundreds of events were hosted where the pain, grief, compassion and sacrifice of those difficult times was remembered.

Countries cannot be “dragooned” into the so-called coalition of the willing by the UK, a senior minister has suggested. Pat McFadden has said that nations have to “step forward themselves” if they ...

A BANNED driver was caught after being stopped by police for having a dirty number plate, a court heard. Christopher Dodgson, 31, was pulled over while driving a Seat Arona on Leconfield Street in ...

In more positive findings, the survey data shows the proportion of people experiencing low levels of happiness has declined, ...

DAME Laura Kenny knows just how challenging it can be to be one half of track cycling’s golden couple, but she is backing Emma Finucane ...

Double gold Paralympic athlete Richard Whitehead has completed the original London marathon route to support grassroots ...

A 61-year-old man remains missing after being swept away in a flooded river near the town of Dorrigo in New South Wales, and ...

Flight cancellations at Hamburg Airport after a surprise strike by workers affected more than 40,000 passengers on Sunday, a day before a planned wider protest across Germany amid new contract ...

An armed man believed to be travelling from Indiana was shot by US Secret Service agents near the White House after a confrontation early on Sunday, authorities have said.