A row has broken out between Labour and Reform after the Technology Secretary accused Nigel Farage of being on the side of “extreme pornographers” and “Jimmy Savile” over his party’s pledge to scrap ...

Heavy rain has caused flooding and landslides that washed away cars, forced evacuations and knocked out power around the Chinese capital, killing at least 38 people. The flood risk for parts of ...

A Russian air strike on a prison in Ukraine’s south-eastern Zaporizhzhia region has killed at least 17 inmates and wounded more than 80 others. The operation on Monday hit the Bilenkivska Correctional ...

Three East Coast Main Line train operators have been granted permission to run additional services from December. Regulator the Office of Rail and Road (ORR) said it approved some proposals from open ...

Aldi store workers are set for a pay rise as the supermarket announced it was hiking its minimum wage to £13 an hour from September. The discount grocery chain claims to be the first UK supermarket to ...

Banking giant Barclays has revealed half-year profits jumped by nearly a quarter as an investment banking boost helped offset more than £1 billion set aside for bad debts. The high street lender ...

World Rugby rejects Joe Schmidt’s claim that the decision not to punish Jac Morgan’s clearout in Australia’s defeat by the British and Irish Lions on Saturday contravenes the game’s player safety ...

A man stalked through a Manhattan office tower firing a rifle, killing four people, including a New York City police officer, and wounding a fifth before taking his own life, officials said. The ...

A mother and her two children shot dead in Co Fermanagh are to be buried together in her home town in Co Clare. Those attending the funeral of Vanessa Whyte and her children in Barefield on Saturday ...

The water regulator has told Anglian Water to pay out a £62.8 million enforcement package due to failures managing its wastewater treatment works and network. Ofwat said it is proposing that the ...