Nearly half a million shoplifting offences were recorded by police in England and Wales in a year, the highest 12-month total on record, figures show. A total of 492,914 offences were logged by forces ...

The number of mortgage approvals to home buyers edged upwards month-on-month in December, according to Bank of England figures. Some 66,526 deals got the green light, up from 66,061 the previous month ...

Last April, a magnitude 7.4 quake hit the island’s mountainous eastern coastal county of Hualien, killing at least 13 people, injuring more than 1,000 others, collapsing a hotel and forcing the ...

Amelia Kerr has the world at her feet and she’s keen to keep them firmly on the ground. The 24-year-old was named ICC Women's Cricketer of the Year on Tuesday to cap a glorious 12 months that saw New ...

Duduzile Zuma-Sambudla is accused of inciting violence during riots in July 2021 which led to the deaths of more than 350 people.

Meta has agreed to pay 25 million dollars (£20 million) to settle a lawsuit filed by US President Donald Trump against the ...

Heathrow Airport’s third runway can be built in the next decade, Rachel Reeves has said, as she aims to boost growth amid the UK’s gloomy economic outlook. The Chancellor said she wanted to see the ...

Robert F Kennedy Jr’s confirmation hearings in his bid to become US health secretary have begun in Washington, DC. As he ...

Scrapping some deliveries would save Royal Mail between £250 million and £425 million a year, according to Ofcom.

To get to the US Senate for a vote on his nomination to be US health secretary, Mr Kennedy needs to have two committee ...

The Omagh Bombing Inquiry has remembered the oldest and youngest victims of the atrocity. The Real IRA bomb attack on August ...

Rahamim Shy, 47, travelled to Bedfordshire from New York in February last year to have sex with the girl after more than a ...