An inquest will be held on Thursday into the death of a 10-year-old girl who was killed in a mudslide while she was on a school trip. Leah Harrison was killed at Carlton Bank on the edge of the North ...

A police watchdog has complained to Ofcom over an episode of Panorama about the shooting of Chris Kaba. The Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) said it had gone to the broadcast regulator ...

A Texas man convicted of fatally strangling and stabbing a young mother more than 20 years ago was executed on Wednesday evening. Moises Sandoval Mendoza received a lethal injection at the state ...

Carlos Santana has postponed a second Texas concert after testing positive for Covid-19. The guitar virtuoso’s official Facebook page said he is scrubbing Thursday night’s stop on his Oneness Tour at ...

Universities’ financial ties with foreign sources have long been a concern among Republicans, especially ties with China.

Talks between the UK, France, Germany, the US and Ukraine were downgraded after US secretary of state Marco Rubio failed to attend.

People could get a retirement savings boost from a pension consolidator to scoop up smaller pots that may otherwise become lost. There are now 13 million of these small pots, holding £1,000 or less, ...

On average, men have a shorter life expectancy compared to women – a difference of almost four years – and officials are asking for views on what must be done to “close the gap”. Men are also more ...

Questions about a possible US trade deal continue to overshadow Rachel Reeves’s mission to Washington as she prepares for talks with her US counterpart. The Chancellor has travelled to the US capital ...

Meanwhile, Patrick Gavigan, based in Kildare, said it was “momentous” to be inside the basilica to witness the Pope’s remains close up after queuing with his wife Alice for almost four hours.

A man with a life-threatening peanut allergy is living a near-normal life after taking part in a “life-changing” study which gradually saw him exposed to nuts. Richard Lassiter’s allergy is so severe ...

Andrew Flintoff has relived the horror of his life-changing car crash, admitting his lowest moments left him thinking, “I wish I’d died”. The former England star suffered a serious accident while ...