Former US first lady Michelle Obama will skip the inauguration of President-elect Donald Trump, the second time in two weeks ...

Chelsea striker Sam Kerr has appeared in court charged with alleged racially aggravated harassment of a police officer. The captain of the Australia women’s national football team attended a hearing, ...

A man has been charged with driving offences relating to an alleged hit-and-run incident which resulted in a girl being airlifted to hospital and the horse she was riding being put down. Christopher ...

Neil Gray said the success of the Thistle Centre would be measured if there are fewer drug deaths and ‘harm reduction’.

France’s new prime minister has announced the renegotiation of a contested plan raising the retirement age from 62 to 64. In his first address to politicians in the National Assembly, Francois Bayrou ...

Dan Jarvis said the problem was ‘extensive’ and thousands could have been paid without the Government knowing.

Nawaf Salam was speaking after meeting Lebanon’s new president, Joseph Aoun, who himself took office last week.

Chancellor Rachel Reeves faced MPs after turbulence in the markets sent government borrowing costs up and the value of the pound down.

Comedian Tony Slattery has died at the age of 65 after suffering a heart attack, his partner has announced. His partner Mark Hutchinson announced the news with "great sadness" in a statement. He said: ...

The Chancellor insisted leadership is ‘not about ducking these challenges’ as she defended her handling of the economy.

She became Britain’s first female Chancellor in July against a daunting backdrop of a sluggish economy and competing demands for public spending.

Head coach Steve Borthwick hailed the Saracens lock as “a world-class player who has the respect of everybody”.