Pope Francis has visited Rome’s main prison and met with dozens of inmates as he kept an Easter season appointment to spend ...

The Prime Minister has paid tribute to Christians “facing hardship, persecution or conflict around the world who cannot celebrate freely” in an Easter message. Sir Keir Starmer also called on the ...

British Transport Police (BTP) said a day after the judgment that it had adopted a new “interim position” which will see trans people held in custody searched by an officer in line with their birth ...

Scottish Conservative leader Russell Findlay also called on Holyrood ministers to address Parliament on the issue next week.

Rupert Lowe has said he has instructed solicitors to begin defamation claims against Reform UK’s leader, chief whip and party chairman. The MP for Great Yarmouth issued a statement on Thursday calling ...

Mazyar Azarbonyad, of Sylvia Terrace, Durham, will appear at Newcastle Magistrates Court on Saturday after the collision on the northbound A1.

A mum has issued a warning after her daughter was blinded in one eye after an incident with a fire with her friends.

The chief executive of Toby Carvery has apologised for “the upset that it has caused” after it felled a 400-year-old oak tree outside one of its restaurants. The tree, in Whitewebbs Park, north London ...

Rebecca Richardson, 54, appeared at Westminster Magistrates’ Court on Thursday as she fights extradition to Turkey over allegations she sexually assaulted a young child while teaching at an ...

The European Central Bank has cut interest rates for the seventh time in a row to counter worries about economic growth fuelled by President Donald Trump’s tariff onslaught. The bank said in a ...

Education unions are calling on the Government to provide clear guidance to schools and colleges on how to interpret the law in regard to children.