A minister has pledged to “sort out” the “appalling mess” of HS2 and confirmed the railway’s opening will be further delayed. Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander told the Commons there is “no route” ...

A Metropolitan Police tutor has been dismissed after he bit a female student officer on the neck and touched her thigh at a public work gathering.

Sheringham Little Theatre is set to mark its 65th summer season with three comedies. The theatre has announced its new line-up for this year, with a trio of comedies celebrating 65 years of summer ...

Six short films created as part of the Sean Connery Talent Lab will be premiered at the Edinburgh International Film Festival. The Edinburgh International Film Festival (EIFF) and the National Film ...

Hurricane Erick has formed in the Pacific Ocean on a forecast track to bring heavy rain, strong winds, storm surge and possible mudslides to southern coastal Mexico, the US National Hurricane Centre ...

The Princess of Wales’s public appearances have increased in recent weeks and she has attended three high profile events.

Coventry Crown Court heard the 15-year-old, who cannot be named, is now likely to face a jury in February next year.

Russia poses a direct threat to the European Union through acts of sabotage and cyber attacks, but its massive military spending suggests that President Vladimir Putin also plans to use his armed ...

A person has died in Yorkshire from rabies after becoming infected while on holiday in Morocco, the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) has said. The person, which the Barnsley Chronicle reports is a ...

A senior union leader has urged the Government to do more to show it values public services and the workers who deliver them. Christina McAnea, general secretary of Unison, told her union’s annual ...

It happened in Trunch at around 7.45pm on Tuesday. One appliance from the nearby town of North Walsham was sent to the scene, and fire crews worked for more than an hour to free the parrot. The bird ...

Iran’s supreme leader has rejected US calls for surrender in the face of Israeli strikes and warned that any military involvement by the Americans would cause “irreparable damage” to them, in an ...