The Supreme Court has allowed the US state of Missouri to proceed with its plan to execute death row inmate Marcellus Williams, rejecting a last-ditch request to intervene on his behalf. The justices ...

The Prime Minister will use his speech at the UN General Assembly to set out how the UK will play its part in world affairs.

The judge said Caroline Ellison’s co-operation in the case was ‘very substantial’ but not a get-out-of-jail-free card.

Earl Spencer, the brother of Diana, Princess of Wales, has said allegations against Mohamed Al-Fayed are “appalling” and the former Harrods owner never struck him as an “upstanding gent”. The ...

World leaders need to do more to bring about a ceasefire in the Middle East, Irish premier Simon Harris has said. Speaking while attending the UN General Assembly in New York, Mr Harris said Israel ...

The body of a journalist who died on holiday in Gibraltar has been returned to his family, as police continue to investigate what happened. David Knowles, 32, who covered the Ukraine war for the Daily ...

500 Words, which has been running since 2011, challenges children in two age categories (five to seven and eight to 11) to write a story they would enjoy reading in 500 words or less, 50 finalists are ...

Veterans, young care leavers and victims of domestic abuse will be given a “guaranteed roof over their head”, Sir Keir Starmer has promised. The Prime Minister pledged that “homes will be there for ...

The circular enclosure, which is almost 100 metres in diameter, was found under the garden of Max Gate, in Dorchester, Dorset.

NHS officials have issued a national safety alert after reported overdoses of a common drug used in labour and after childbirth. Oxytocin is a hormone that is used to alter contractions during labour ...

Dumbarton manager Stevie Farrell was left scratching his head after his side suffered their first league defeat of the season on Saturday.

The ‘ultimate ambition’ for the women’s justice board is to have fewer women’s prisons, according to Shabana Mahmood.