A team of Scottish researchers have helped solve the mystery over a volcanic eruption that caused famines and crop failures ...

Clashes erupted last week in several cities across Syria between Assad supporters and the new government, which is led by ...

Three Metropolitan Police officers who made light of a serious sexual assault allegation have been given written warnings.

Nine-time Paralympic gold medallist Hannah Cockroft is made a CBE and Olympic 800m champion Keely Hodgkinson becomes an MBE.

Aston Villa ended a hugely successful 2024 with a disappointing 2-2 draw against Brighton as they failed to close the gap on the Premier League’s top four. Villa started the year by reaching a Europa ...

Stephen Fry said he is “startled and enchanted” to be awarded a knighthood in the New Year Honours and hopes it sets an example that there is “always hope”. The actor, screenwriter and author is being ...

Actor Stephen Fry, former England manager Gareth Southgate and London mayor Sadiq Khan have been knighted in the New Year Honours. Honours have gone to a host of Team GB athletes, including runner ...

A court in Serbia has convicted the parents of a teenage boy who shot dead nine pupils and a guard and wounded six more ...

Ruben Amorim’s Manchester United suffered a third straight Premier League defeat as in-form Newcastle bolstered their European hopes with a 2-0 win at Old Trafford.

Liam Delap’s barnstorming display helped Ipswich register a first Premier League home win in 22 years with a memorable 2-0 victory over Chelsea to further damage their faint title prospects.

The service said more than 340 calls were waiting to be answered at the time the critical incident was declared on Monday evening.

Chinese hackers remotely accessed several US Treasury Department workstations and unclassified documents after compromising a third-party software service provider, the agency has said.