The miners in a mineshaft in Stilfontein are believed to be suffering from a lack of food, water and other basic necessities.

TV presenter and radio host Paddy McGuinness has said supporters helped him keep the pedals turning on his charity cycle ride ...

Urfan Sharif and two others are accused of being party to years-long abuse that culminated in the 10-year-old’s death last August.

The party of Sri Lanka’s new Marxist-leaning president Anura Kumara Dissanayake has won a majority in parliament, providing a ...

A number of police officers were injured during a protest against Hillary Clinton in Belfast. The Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) said a full investigation has been launched into scenes of ...

One of the most senior Catholic leaders in the UK has suggested it would be “abhorrent” to exclude religious views from the assisted dying debate after Dame Esther Rantzen said she was deeply ...

The Home Office spent £15 million buying a derelict prison contaminated with asbestos amid political pressure to stop housing migrants in hotels, according to Whitehall’s spending watchdog.

Snow and ice could cause disruption across northern parts of the UK next week amid the first cold spell of the season. The Met Office has issued a yellow warning for parts of northern England and ...

Number 10 said a ‘mistake’ had been made in the organisation of the event and sought to assure the community ‘it will not happen again’.

The Chancellor said she wanted growth to ‘be stronger, to come sooner’ after figures showed a slowdown between July and September.

Davina McCall has said she is to undergo brain surgery, after being diagnosed with a “very rare” tumour. The TV presenter, 57, said the benign brain tumour, known as a colloid cyst, was found after ...

Mr Kennedy ran as an independent in this year’s presidential race and abandoned his bid after striking a deal to give Donald ...