Sustained wet weather this autumn and winter is needed to ensure recovery from this year’s “exceptional” drought – and that looks unlikely, experts have warned. The latest Met Office outlook suggests ...

Police have begun an investigation after claims that a city councillor was threatened with rape, following an announcement that the council would begin removing Union and St George’s flags from public ...

US president Donald Trump had announced on Saturday that he would send troops to Portland. The state’s governor, Democrat ...

The deal was anticipated, with leaks of discussions coming out at the end of last week in a report by The Wall Street Journal.

A sheriff says he has “concerns” around the extent of ground support on a trip where a mid-air paramotor crash took place, leading to the death of a camera operator. At a preliminary hearing for a ...

Two pro-Palestinian groups claimed responsibility for the protest after the man was quickly bundled out of the conference hall on Monday afternoon.

Pakistan has reported two new polio cases in the southern province of Sindh, health officials said, a blow to efforts aimed at eradicating the crippling disease among children. It brings the total to ...

A series celebrating Dame Mary Berry’s 60-year career in cooking and broadcasting is coming to BBC Two. Mary At 90: A Lifetime Of Cooking will see the former Great British Bake Off judge joined by ...

The reality is that there were children who suffered grievous harm at the hands of their carers during the pandemic. The carers of those children bear responsibility for the violence and neglect ...

A speeding driver has dodged a driving ban after telling a Worcester court a medical condition means she would not be able to get out if she ...

Rachel Reeves’ speech at the Labour Party conference was interrupted by a pro-Palestinian heckler. The Chancellor was setting out measures Labour had taken to protect key British industries as the ...

Rachel Reeves has said she is facing “harsh global headwinds” as she hinted at further tax rises to come in the Budget. The Chancellor used her Labour Party conference speech to insist that she would ...