The former childminder, from Northampton, was ordered to serve 40 of her 31-month sentence in prison before being released on licence.

Historically, experts classified giraffes as a single species with nine subspecies, but that has been overturned by the new classification.

People have “every right to engage in protest”, the shadow home secretary has said, amid concerns a High Court ruling could trigger a wave of demonstrations outside asylum hotels. Chris Philp named ...

The Office for National Statistics said the borrowing of £1.1 billion is the lowest July figure for three years.

The former Brazilian president’s intention to flee was revealed in documents found on his phone, federal police said.

The official said 60,000 reservists will be called up in the coming month, nearly doubling the number of active reservists to ...

A flotilla of hundreds of historic ships is heading into Amsterdam, kicking off a five-day festival celebrating the Dutch ...

England coach John Mitchell insists the favourites tag won't bother his side as they start their Rugby World Cup campaign ...

Three hard-working volunteers have been honoured at the Honda Volunteer of the Year awards for their tireless work, effort, and energy at ...

Thousands of young people across Northern Ireland are set to receive their GCSE results today. Scores of students will also receive vocational qualification results. Last year around a third of the 32 ...

A bus crash in north-western Afghanistan has killed at least 79 people returning from Iran – including 19 children, an official said. Two people were also injured in the crash, Ministry of Interior ...

Lawyers for Roxy Media said last month that the company was seeking to take the case to a tax tribunal. The company applied for a further adjournment on Wednesday to await the outcome of that appeal.