Marguerite O’Leary and her teenage daughter Ellen stood for more than five hours on Wednesday to be among the first members of the public to see the late pontiff’s remains inside St Peter’s Basilica ...

The discovery on remains found in York highlight how humans fighting large cats was entertainment on the edge of the Roman empire.

Yvette Cooper spoke at a ceremony for Yom HaShoah, an annual day for the Jewish community to reflect on the six million Jews murdered by the Nazis.

Iran has agreed to allow in an International Atomic Energy Agency technical team in the coming days to discuss restoring camera surveillance at nuclear sites, the head of the UN nuclear watchdog said.

Finley Lintott-Warrillow hit a wall on a quiet residential road in Southampton after travelling at almost 90mph.

The US president was speaking after efforts in London to broker peace led by Foreign Secretary David Lammy were downgraded to technical talks.

Ministers insist that forthcoming amendments to flagship planning reforms will protect community input and boost the economy.

A 22-year-old woman was seriously injured and, despite the efforts of paramedics, she was pronounced dead at the scene.

Andrew Bailey said the central bank is currently ‘working through’ the implications of US President Donald Trump’s tariff plans.

Rachel Reeves has travelled to the US capital for the International Monetary Fund’s spring meetings of G7 and G20 finance ministers.

India has suspended a water-sharing treaty with rival Pakistan, indicating it was blaming its neighbour for the previous day’s attack by gunmen that killed 26 people in the Indian-controlled portion ...

William Shakespeare may not have abandoned his wife, a previously “ignored” 17th century letter has revealed, undermining a centuries-old consensus among scholars.