The majority of adults who celebrate Christmas no longer believe that having a Christmas pudding on their table is important, ...

Typhoon Toraji unleashed floods, knocked down trees and caused power outages in the northern Philippines before weakening into a tropical storm and blowing out to the South China Sea, officials said ...

A 17-year-old girl has died after being struck by a car on the M5 motorway. Avon and Somerset Police said the incident occurred at about 11pm on Monday evening, with the teenager dying at the scene.

The Yorkshire Dales Rivers Trust will launch its annual online fundraising auction, on November 22, with bidding available until December 1.

The newly re-elected US president is expected to boost fossil fuels, roll back green incentives domestically and pull his ...

North Korea’s rubber-stamp parliament, the Supreme People’s Assembly, has the right to ratify treaties but Kim can unilaterally ratify major ones, according to South Korea’s Unification Ministry.

Thousands of people have been forcibly evacuated from 2,500 villages in the northern Philippines as another typhoon ...

In his second cabinet in just over a month, Mr Ishiba reappointed most of its previous members, including foreign minister ...

“Complex” evidence is being considered by prosecutors following an investigation into misconduct allegations at an Army barracks where four soldiers died from gunshot wounds. The Crown Prosecution ...

Dame Esther Rantzen has hailed the new “wonderful” assisted dying Bill but admitted she regrets that it would probably come in too late for her. The broadcaster praised Kim Leadbeater for her ...

A third of the most vulnerable children in the social care system have been placed long distances from their homes, schools and support networks, research has found. The study identified that a ...

Government overhaul of system for official bathing sites could also widen the definition of bathers and bring in multiple testing spots at sites.