The wife of deposed Syrian leader Bashar Assad is severely ill with leukaemia and has been given a 50/50 chance of survival, media reports have claimed. Asma Assad is being isolated to prevent ...

The Bishop of Newcastle has criticised the Christmas Day sermon delivered by the Archbishop of York, describing his suggestion that the Church of England needs to change as “empty words”. Stephen ...

Police said they believed the suspect was ‘involved in an altercation at a nightclub prior to getting in his car and mounting the pavement’.

A 39-year-old man was shot dead by armed police on Christmas Eve. West Mercia Police said officers were called by West Midlands Ambulance Service to an address in Redditch, Worcestershire, at around ...

Downing Street would not be drawn on whether Sir Keir Starmer would like Lord Mandelson to work with Mr Farage.

He is expected to say the Church must “kneel in penitence and adoration” this Christmas and “be changed”. Bishop of Dover Rose Hudson-Wilkin is giving the Christmas Day sermon from Canterbury ...

Archbishop of York Stephen Cottrell (left) has been the Church’s second-in-command to Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby (Richard Heathcote/PA) The archbishop said the country had been “defined” by ...

The generative AI boom continued at pace in 2024, with smartphones becoming a key battleground for the technology’s development as Samsung, Google and Apple all introduced new AI tools to their ...

Met Office meteorologist Tom Morgan said the weather will be good for anyone travelling on Christmas Day but might not feel very festive.

Among those who braved the elements on the Christmas Eve swim in Helen’s Bay were a couple who first met at the event last year.

The government has given Bracknell Forest more than £850,000 in extra funding to fix its roads, bringing the total investment up to £3.29 million. The area was ranked as one of the worst areas in the ...

Defiant Ruben Amorim insists Marcus Rashford’s absence is not a distraction and that he knows what he is doing as the head coach seeks to get the best out of the forward and turn Manchester United ...