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.

Experts said that previous “desensitisation” studies are focused on children, so adults with peanut allergy are not offered this type of treatment. But the new study indicates ...

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, ...

Health Secretary Wes Streeting said men across England are dying early from preventable causes every day (PA) The department said that action must be taken to “prevent and tackl ...

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.

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 ...