Merseyside Police said the fire at Woolton Hall, Liverpool, on Tuesday ‘appears to have been an extremely reckless act’.

The official said 60,000 reservists will be called up in the coming month, nearly doubling the number of active reservists to ...

The number of pupils receiving top grades in GCSE examinations in Northern Ireland has risen. Results have been delivered to more than 32,000 pupils across the region. The provisional results show ...

London and south-east England have seen larger year-on-year falls in the GCSE pass rate than all other regions, the 2025 exam figures show. Some 71.6% of entries in London were awarded grade 4 or ...

Teenagers in England, Wales and Northern Ireland have received their exam results to help them progress to sixth form, college or training.

Rapper Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs was cleared of sex trafficking following a trial in July but found guilty of lesser charges related to prostitution.

Historically, experts classified giraffes as a single species with nine subspecies, but that has been overturned by the new classification.

Vienna is to host the 2026 Eurovision Song Contest after Austria’s act JJ won the 2025 event with his song, Wasted Love, in Basel, Switzerland. The city will become joint fourth on the list of places ...

The former Brazilian president’s intention to flee was revealed in documents found on his phone, federal police said.

The Copa Sudamericana game between Independiente and Universidad of Chile in Buenos Aires was halted with the score at 1-1.

The Office for National Statistics said the borrowing of £1.1 billion is the lowest July figure for three years.

A 46-year-old woman who admitted driving while disqualified for the third time has been warned she faces the prospect of a prison sentence.