The jury in Gerry Adams’ libel action against the BBC has entered its second day of deliberations. The former Sinn Fein leader alleges a BBC Spotlight programme, and an accompanying online story, ...

The Russian captain of a container ship that crashed into a US oil tanker in the North Sea has pleaded not guilty to manslaughter. The Solong’s master, Vladimir Motin, 59, of Primorsky, St Petersburg, ...

Comedian and actor Russell Brand has pleaded not guilty to charges of rape and sexual assault. The 49-year-old appeared in the dock at Southwark Crown Court on Friday flanked by two officers, where he ...

There were 64,680 house sales in April – 64 lower than the 177,440 reported in March, according to estimates from HMRC.

HMS Lancaster had stalked the drug-runner’s boat for more than 24 hours after illegal operations were spotted by the warship’s drones.

Ashirie Smith was given a minimum of 17 and a half years for the ‘serious, sustained’ attack on Mahir Abdulrahman at HMP Fosse Way.

Schools and the NHS are “not over that hurdle” of unsafe concrete, a minister has said. Catherine McKinnell also said ministers cannot “fix everything overnight” when asked how much of the maintenance ...

The family of a Royal Mail driver who was left in a vegetative state after being hit by a lorry have launched High Court legal action against ...

Going ahead with welfare reforms will drive more people into homelessness, a number of major charities have warned the Government. Shelter and Crisis are among the signatories to a letter to the Work ...

Four billion people, about half the world’s population, experienced at least one extra month of extreme heat because of human-caused climate change from May 2024 to May 2025, scientists have said.

A rate-setter at the Bank of England has said he remains “pretty concerned” about the economic outlook as he renewed calls to reduce interest rates further.

Roy Barclay, 56, denies killing Anita Rose, 57, while she was out walking her dog near her home in Suffolk last July.