Sir Keir Starmer has repeated his vow to Dame Esther Rantzen to make time for a debate and free vote on assisted dying after the broadcaster issued a direct plea to him to “make it come true”.

A 71-year-old French man acknowledged in court that he drugged his then-wife and invited dozens of men to rape her over ...

Francis Reilly, 63, from Brentwood, was pronounced dead at the scene in Ingrave Road after police were called to reports of a serious assault.

A night-time search is planned for a capybara which escaped from a zoo as her owner said they are “so good at hiding”. One-year-old capybara Cinnamon escaped from Hoo Zoo and Dinosaur World, in ...

Disgraced British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell’s appeal against her sex trafficking conviction has been rejected by a US court. The 62-year-old was found guilty in December 2021 of luring young girls ...

BRIDGE repair works due to take place near Drongan have now been rescheduled. A section of the A70 at Coalhall was set to be closed while work took place on the rail bridge over the road between ...

Eluned Morgan faced questions over the UK Government’s plans to cut winter fuel payments for millions of pensioners during her first FMQs.

Ron DeSantis said Florida prosecutors will pursue the most serious charges available under state law, including attempted murder.

US hip hop star Sean “Diddy” Combs has been charged with sex trafficking and racketeering, according to a federal indictment unsealed in New York on Tuesday. Combs had been arrested late on Monday in ...

Dozens of people were wounded in Beirut and other parts of Lebanon after their handheld pagers exploded on Tuesday, Lebanese state media and security officials said.

UK inflation is expected to remain above the 2% target when official figures for August are released on Wednesday amid a resurgence in price pressures across the key services sector.

Scotland’s Health Secretary Neil Gray said no public money is required from the Scottish Government to fund the Games.