All eyes are on Vatican City for the sign of a new pope, as cardinals processed into the Sistine Chapel to begin the secret ...

The Government has been accused of “running scared of rather nasty right-wingers” over plans to block new sentencing guidelines. New guidance from the independent Sentencing Council would have ...

In a post on Instagram stories, Mrs Rooney wrote that Tuesday’s ruling on costs had brought ‘closure for my family and I’.

Actor Michael Pitt, known for his TV roles in Boardwalk Empire and Dawson’s Creek, has been accused of sexually assaulting his ex-girlfriend, choking her, and attacking her with a cinder block and a ...

The wait for a new pope goes on after black smoke rose from the Sistine Chapel following the first secret vote as the conclave began. A group of 133 cardinal electors began their behind-closed-doors ...

US Vice President JD Vance has said Russia was “asking for too much” in its initial peace offer as the United States looks to bring about an end to the war in Ukraine.

The country’s new Chancellor Friedrich Merz had vowed to toughen the country’s migration policy during his election campaign.

It is becoming “increasingly difficult” for the Stormont Executive to mitigate decisions being made at Westminster, Northern Ireland’s Finance Minister has said. John O’Dowd said decisions, such as ...

MPs have rejected a bid to force public authorities to record sex data purely based on biological sex, amid concerns it would lead to the “mass outing of trans people”. The Conservatives had put ...

The statement came a day after US President Donald Trump said only 21 of 24 hostages believed alive had survived.

Labour is facing a ‘battle for the very future and the heart and soul of our country’, Cabinet Office minister Pat McFadden said.

West Lindsey in Lincolnshire had the highest proportion of people aged 18 and over living with obesity in 2023/24.