Sri Lanka’s new President Anura Kumara Dissanayake on Tuesday swore in an opposition politician as his prime minister, making her the country’s first woman to head the government in 24 years.

Child N’s mother told a public inquiry ‘nothing effective’ had been done by NHS authorities since the crimes of Beverley Allitt and ...

Antonio Guterres said humanity is ‘edging towards the unimaginable – a powder keg that risks engulfing the world’.

Coronation Street star Sue Cleaver, known for playing Eileen Grimshaw, has revealed how she met her birth mum thanks to a connection with a co-star.

Two hospitals are being investigated at the inquiry in a bid to establish if design and construction contributed to deaths linked to infections.

Graham Stacey set up the fundraiser to help repair the club after it appeared to have a sinkhole in the pitch.

Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster Pat McFadden said the broad coalition of voters which led to the 2024 landslide should be maintained.

The chairwoman of the UK Covid-19 Inquiry has expressed concern at the possibility that statistics around ethnic background are not compiled in the Northern Ireland health service. The issue arose ...

A mother left her four young sons home alone to go shopping “several” times before they were killed in a house fire while she was at Sainsbury’s, their great-grandmother has said.

A teacher who was found not guilty of a racially aggravated public order offence after holding a placard at a pro-Palestine protest depicting Rishi Sunak and Suella Braverman as coconuts has made a ...

Figures for the number of miners inside the mine at the time have fluctuated since a methane gas leak on Saturday sparked an explosion.

The latest threat by Kim Jong Un’s powerful sister came after North Korea raised regional tensions by unveiling a uranium-enrichment facility.