A former prison officer who was attacked by an inmate while she was on duty is campaigning for mandatory protective gear for all prison staff in the UK. Claire Lewis, 50, from Washington in Sunderland ...

Israeli ministers have agreed to ramp up the war against Hamas in Gaza, an official said, with plans to capture more territory in the beleaguered Palestinian enclave and call up tens of thousands of ...

A psychology student taken to court for using the N-word in conversation with another black woman has accused the Crown Prosecution Service ...

Four boats capsized in a sudden storm on a river in southwestern China, leaving nine dead and one missing, state media said on Monday. More than 80 people fell into the Wu River when strong winds hit ...

A fundraiser set up to support the mother of a 14-year-old boy who died following a fire at an industrial estate in Gateshead has raised more than £13,000.

An appeal for prostate cancer to be routinely tested for all men has been made by Freemason lodges across north-west London.

A small plane has crashed into a neighbourhood in Simi Valley, California, killing two people and a dog on board the aircraft ...

The territory of 2.3 million people is suffering what is believed to be the worst humanitarian crisis since the war began.

Pepsi MAX has unveiled a mural of England footballer Leah Williamson in Holloway Road as part of a campaign promoting women’s football.

Two tourist boats carrying roughly 70 people between them have capsized in the Wu river in China’s southwestern Guizhou province, leaving 14 people missing and three dead, state media said on Monday.

George Simion was well ahead of Bucharest Mayor Nicusor Dan in the election re-run with 99 of the votes counted.

The president said he had authorised the tariffs on ‘any and all’ movies coming into the US that had been produced overseas.