Scores more prosecutions brought by three rail firms for alleged fare evasion have been quashed. Northern Rail, TransPennine Express (TPE) and Great Western Railway (GWR) brought dozens of ...

Of the 426,116 calls to the ambulance service last year, 63,836 (15) were not a life-or-death emergency – an average of 175 calls a day.

Prayers, lion dances and firecrackers have marked the Year of the Snake as Lunar New Year festivals got under way around the world. The pop-pop-pop of firecrackers greeted the new year outside a ...

Two Palestinians have been killed by Israeli fire in the occupied West Bank, health officials said. A 23-year-old man was shot dead in Tulkarem and a 25-year-old man was killed in a strike on Jenin, ...

The Chancellor is due to set out policies on Wednesday to encourage economic growth, including an expected expansion of Heathrow airport.

The Competition and Markets Authority will decide by March 27 whether to refer the acquisition for an in-depth investigation.

Water companies United Utilities and South West Water have said they will raise dividends to shareholders as they confirmed consumer bill increases of 32% and 23%, respectively, over the coming five ...

Alison Hitchcock, co-founder of From Me To You Letters, has created a 24-hour letter writing marathon to mark World Cancer Day.

The three junta-led West African nations of Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso have formally withdrawn from the regional bloc known as Ecowas, the body said. It is the culmination of a year-long process ...

Several people were feared dead and many more injured in a stampede early on Wednesday as tens of thousands of Hindus rushed to take a holy bath in the river at the massive Maha Kumbh festival in ...

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has inspected a facility that produces nuclear material and called for bolstering the country ...