An armed teenager’s chasing of two boys during an alleged murderous attack was “perfunctory and ineffectual”, his barrister has told a jury. Mason Rist, 15, and Max Dixon, 16, died from stab wounds ...

The Runcorn and Helsby MP is scheduled to appear at Chester Magistrates’ Court on Monday December 30, police have said.

Two people smugglers who tried to bring a family-of-five from Afghanistan into the country hidden in a rubbish-filled van have been jailed. The youngest child was “extremely unwell and drifting in and ...

Findings suggest ‘audience effect’ predates the development of human societies based on reputation, researchers say.

An Asian elephant has been not-so-secretly filmed showering with a water hose at a zoo in Germany, in what scientists described as a “sophisticated behaviour” that shows “remarkable skill”. Mary was ...

Damian Corfield said the sentencing of his son’s killer should be a warning to anyone thinking of taking part in such events.

Martin Hibbert and his daughter Eve sued Richard Hall over his claims in several videos and a book that the attack was a hoax.

The TikTok video was posted before this phone call was made, with a tool developed by the investigative journalism collective Bellingcat revealing it was posted at 22:34:28 GMT on November 5. Not only ...

Jonathan Powell will take over from Sir Tim Barrow in the role based in 10 Downing Street, the Cabinet Office said.

Veteran actress June Spencer delighted The Archers listeners and the Queen with her role as strong-minded Peggy Woolley for decades. She died “peacefully in her sleep” in the early hours of Friday at ...

The Irish Parliament has been dissolved for a General Election. Taoiseach Simon Harris said it had been the honour of his life to serve in the role, and he believed the time was right to seek a new ...

A Spanish research vessel that investigates marine ecosystems has been deployed to search for people missing after catastrophic flooding.