Pope Leo XIV has decided to declare St John Henry Newman a “doctor” of the church, bestowing one of the Catholic Church’s ...

Millions of litres of chlorinated water were emptied into a waterway near Barnsley over nearly a month, killing hundreds of fish.

Nearly one in five adult prisons in England and Wales have had serious concerns raised about their performance, the highest number since the current system of inspections began. Some 22 jails – 18.5% ...

Kirsty Carless, 33, had shown no remorse for the fatal attack on Louis Price, 31, Judge Mr Justice Choudhury said as he sentenced her on Thursday.

A 76-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of administering poison at a summer camp which led to eight children being taken to hospital. Police responded to a report of children feeling unwell ...

A police officer in Northern Ireland has been sacked after sending “highly inappropriate and offensive” messages via WhatsApp. The office of the Police Ombudsman said the messages, which were sent ...

Beijing’s Miyun district became one of the hardest hit areas by storms that dumped nearly a year’s worth of rain in the area ...

Ernie Els wants The Open to go back to Muirfield as soon as possible and has called on The R&A to book the famous course in for ...

COLIN Montgomerie has urged The R&A to take The Open back to Turnberry as soon as possible and ignore the controversy surrounding owner ...

Nats chief executive Martin Rolfe was summoned to meet Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander on Thursday morning.

A teenage girl who fled a police vehicle and was killed after being hit by a car on the motorway had been able to remove her handcuffs and climb from the back to the front seat, it has emerged. Tamzin ...

The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) has warned that its members will be balloted on industrial action if the Government fails to reach an agreement on investment in the profession over the summer. It ...