At least 49,000 A&E visits last year saw patients wait 24 hours or more for a hospital bed – with people aged 65 or over accounting for almost 70% of cases, the Liberal Democrats have said.

A fire that engulfed two flats at a building in east London was tackled by 100 firefighters. London Fire Brigade (LFB) said 15 fire engines dealt with the blaze on Leman Street in Aldgate on Sunday ...

Bedford Blues won a thriller at Ealing Trailfinders as the top two went head-to-head on Easter Saturday. Blues triumphed 30-24 in the capital while Hartpury beat Coventry to leapfrog their visitors ...

US vice president JD Vance met Pope Francis briefly on Sunday to exchange Easter greetings, after they got into a long-distance tangle over the Trump administration’s migrant deportation plans.