The captives were handed over in staged ceremonies that the Red Cross and Israel have condemned as cruel and disrespectful.

Roz Foyer, of the Scottish Trades Union Congress, made the plea as she addressed the Scottish Labour conference in Glasgow on ...

Pope Francis is in a critical condition after he suffered a long asthmatic respiratory crisis that required high flows of oxygen, the Vatican said.

The Vatican carried on with its Holy Year celebrations without the pope on Saturday, as Pope Francis battled pneumonia and a ...

The move sidelines a history-making fighter pilot and respected officer as part of a campaign to rid the military of leaders ...

Drivers are facing delays on the A47 following reports of a crash. At 6.45pm a crash was reported between Draytonhall Lane junction and Chapel Lane near Scarning. Delays are to be expected according ...

The collision occurred at 9.56am on Saturday between a van and a tram in Manchester City Centre on Mosley Street.

Yellow warnings for wind and rain have been issued for Sunday, with weather conditions expected to improve slightly from Monday, the forecaster said.

Mars, Jupiter, Uranus, Venus, Neptune, Mercury and Saturn are to all align in the sky and dazzle stargazers across Norfolk on February 28.

Thieves in France used a stolen bank card to buy a winning lottery ticket worth 500,000 euros (£414,000). But they vanished before cashing in – and now they are among the country’s most famous ...

Police said ‘new information’ led them to arrest two men and a woman on suspicion of murdering Robert Scott Clive who disappeared in ...

A three-year-old girl has been killed in a crash between a tram and a van in Manchester. Greater Manchester Police (GMP) said the girl was taken to hospital after the crash in the city centre on ...