Police recorded the equivalent of 1,350 shoplifting offences every day in year to September 2024, new Office for National ...

Green campaigners warn of ‘costly mistake’ on airport expansion that will take decades and drive up greenhouse gases ...

A metal detectorist has found a unique 1,600-year-old tiny Roman padlock in Germany, shedding light on miniature craftsmanship in the ancient civilisation. At such a critical moment in US history, we ...

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The culture of routine overspending without consequences is over”, Wes Streeting has warned, as he unveiled a new, ...

An American Airlines jet carrying 60 passengers and four crew members has collided with an Army helicopter while landing at ...

The European Court of Human Rights has ruled that Italy violated the right to life of Italians living in a toxic-waste ...

Guantanamo Bay prison in Cuba has cost US taxpayers at least $13bn to run – so if Trump really wanted to find that two ...

Sir Keir Starmer accused the previous Conservative government of ‘driving a coach and horses’ through protections for victims of trafficking ...

The group reported a 3% drop in revenues to £5.2 billion in its third quarter to the end of December, sending shares lower.

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Former German Chancellor Angela Merkel has issued rare public criticism of her successor as the country’s center-right leader ...