Conservative leadership candidate Kemi Badenoch has said she does “believe in maternity pay” after previously describing it as “excessive”. Ms Badenoch said on X that “contrary to what some have said” ...

Severe conditions across much of France’s wine country amid a changing climate in 2024 came after years of challenges to ...

Yellow weather warnings come into force on Sunday, for wind and rain which will hit areas already saturated by downpours earlier in the week.

The Homeland and Band of Brothers actor joined more than 1,000 people driving sheep along a historic trading route on Sunday.

Nabil Kaouk was killed on Saturday, a day after the death of the militant group’s leader for more than three decades, Hassan Nasrallah.

Two teenagers have life threatening injuries after an out-of-control car mounted the pavement and hit them, with a woman arrested on suspicion of causing serious injury by dangerous driving. Greater ...

Pope Francis has demanded that sexually abusive clergy be judged and their bishops stop covering up their crimes as he ended a troubled visit to Belgium by responding to the outrage over the scandal ...

The rules on ministers accepting hospitality will be overhauled to ensure they are more transparent about what is being provided, the Government has announced.

Rishi Sunak has said the Conservatives should “learn the lessons” of their general election defeat and “reflect” on their time in government as their conference gets under way. Mr Sunak described this ...

The militant group said on Sunday that Ali Karaki was killed in the same attack as Hassan Nasrallah in Beirut on Friday.

A former spy and his daughter, who were poisoned by the deadly nerve agent Novichok, will not give evidence at the Russian-state Salisbury poisonings inquiry over fears for their safety.

An eight-year-old boy has died after being shot in the head and face at a farm, with a man in his 60s under arrest on suspicion of gross negligence manslaughter. Emergency services were called at ...