Millions of litres of chlorinated water were emptied into a waterway near Barnsley over nearly a month, killing hundreds of fish.

Nearly one in five adult prisons in England and Wales have had serious concerns raised about their performance, the highest number since the current system of inspections began. Some 22 jails – 18.5% ...

Pope Leo XIV has decided to declare St John Henry Newman a “doctor” of the church, bestowing one of the Catholic Church’s ...

Kirsty Carless, 33, had shown no remorse for the fatal attack on Louis Price, 31, Judge Mr Justice Choudhury said as he sentenced her on Thursday.

A jury has retired to consider its verdicts in the trial of a 61-year-old man accused of murdering his ex-fiancee at a luxury ...

A police officer in Northern Ireland has been sacked after sending “highly inappropriate and offensive” messages via WhatsApp. The office of the Police Ombudsman said the messages, which were sent ...

A 76-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of administering poison at a summer camp which led to eight children being taken to hospital. Police responded to a report of children feeling unwell ...

Beijing’s Miyun district became one of the hardest hit areas by storms that dumped nearly a year’s worth of rain in the area ...

A teenage girl who fled a police vehicle and was killed after being hit by a car on the motorway had been able to remove her handcuffs and climb from the back to the front seat, it has emerged. Tamzin ...

Alex Kenny, 65, and Sophie Bolt, 57, appeared at Westminster Magistrates’ Court on Thursday accused over the protest held in central London.

FERRY staff were subject to verbal abuse and threatening behaviour after a technical issue suspended the service for an hour. Last night, an 'unexpected' technical issue that caused the service to be ...