A DRY season which saw millions invested in advertising Jersey Royals was interrupted last week when growers weren’t able to export potatoes on Saturday night – because the freight ship had been ...

The coming months for people needing social care are likely to be “the most difficult we’ve seen in recent years” unless significant new funding is announced soon, almost 100 leaders in the sector ...

A new 5,000-tonne destroyer key to North Korea’s naval advancement was damaged during its launching ceremony attended by leader Kim Jong Un, state media reported. The ship slid off the ramp and became ...

Two staff members of the Israeli embassy in Washington were shot and killed on Wednesday evening near a Jewish museum, Homeland Security secretary Kristi Noem said. Ms Noem announced the deaths in a ...

The Archdiocese of New Orleans has agreed to pay nearly 180 million dollars (£134.1 million) to victims of clergy sexual abuse under a settlement, the latest in a string of settlements by the Catholic ...

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said his government is talking to the US about joining president Donald Trump’s future Golden Dome missile defence programme. The multilayered, 175 billion dollar ...

The Prince and Princess of Wales will attend the official naming ceremony of the warship HMS Glasgow. Kate was named the sponsor of the state-of-the-art Type 26 anti-submarine frigate in June 2021, a ...

Sir Keir Starmer is facing questions about whether his partial U-turn on limiting the winter fuel payment can be made in time to help pensioners through next winter. The Prime Minister said on ...

New estimates for the level of net migration to the UK – the difference between the number of people settling in the country long term and the number of people leaving – will be published on Thursday.

Sir Keir Starmer is due to sign off on the Chagos Islands deal on Thursday, handing them over to Mauritius. The PA news agency understands the deal will be signed on Thursday, after several weeks in ...

A leading Brexiteer has declared his interest as a French farmer as he accused Brussels of flouting international trade rules. Tory former Cabinet minister Lord Lilley referred to his smallholding in ...

Israel must hold an investigation after British diplomats were caught up in shooting by Israeli soldiers in the West Bank, a Foreign Office minister has said. A group of western diplomats faced ...