Philippine police have safely recovered a Chinese schoolboy who was kidnapped by a gang who killed his driver and cut off his finger in a bid to force his parents to pay a huge ransom, officials said.

Since returning to office last month, US President Donald Trump let Ukraine know he wanted something in return for tens of billions of dollars in US help to fend off Russia’s in ...

Former Going For Gold and Game For A Laugh host Henry Kelly has died aged 78. The writer and broadcaster died “peacefully” on Tuesday “after a period of ill health”, his family said.

But the Scottish First Minister said it is the ‘wrong choice’ to fund increased spending by slashing international aid.

Grenfell Next of Kin, a group representing some bereaved, said it will be ‘paying close attention to these words and intentions’.

The Scottish First Minister said the threat of the ‘far-right’ – in which he included Nigel Farage’s party – is real.

The data covers cases dealt with by councils on public land, but rural businesses warn of ‘staggering’ costs to clean up fly-tipping on ...

Oldham Council has named acting chief executive Shelley Kipling as the chief executive designate. Ms Kipling was appointed as acting chief executive back in October last year after the acting chief ...

The chief executive of United Utilities said pollution incidents were not something that could be fixed ‘instantly’.

A drone was used to count the number of seals along a stretch of the Norfolk coast in a pilot project by Natural England using artificial intelligence (AI) technology.

The world’s only seagoing paddle steamer crashed into a pier injuring 24 people following engine failure, investigators have found. Fewer people might have been injured if passengers had been warned ...

Syria’s new rulers kicked off a long-awaited national dialogue conference on Tuesday as a “rare historical opportunity” to ...