The cardinals held their last day of pre-conclave meetings on Tuesday, during which Francis’ fisherman’s ring and his ...

Canada’s new prime minister, Mark Carney, won the job with a promise to confront increased aggression shown by President ...

Health Secretary Wes Streeting said the changes will ‘give more freedom and more flexibility’ to independent care boards.

The ban on drinking alcohol on ScotRail services will come to an end, John Swinney’s programme for government has confirmed. The document, which sets out the Scottish Government’s legislative plans ...

A jury has retired to consider its verdicts in the trial of a Britain’s Got Talent finalist accused of raping two women. Andrew Johnston, 30, competed as a singer on the television programme in 2008, ...

Police have reported a spate of recent burglaries across Ascot and Sunninghill. The incidents took place in the London Road, Farm Close, and Queens Road areas between 1pm and 9:30pm on May 3, May 4 ...

A woman accused of having an illegal abortion is “still utterly traumatised” by her experience, her barrister has said as she told jurors the facts of her client’s case “are a tragedy but they are not ...

Scotland’s First Minister John Swinney insisted his programme for government is a ‘programme for a better Scotland’.

John Swinney’s plans were also criticised by Scottish Labour leader who asked the First Minister: ‘Is that it?’ ...

Thousands of Wokingham residents turned out to the May Day Fair celebrations to mark the bank holiday for families across the borough.

Indian nationals accounted for the highest proportion of work visas issued to people applying to come to the UK last year, along with the second highest proportion of study visas. Some 369,419 ...