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 ...

A Chinese PhD student who was studying in the UK has denied drugging and raping 10 women. Zhenhao Zou, 27, is accused of filming himself attacking two of the alleged victims in London and the other ...

Northern Rail and other operators brought prosecutions against passengers using the single justice procedure, despite not being permitted to do so.

Planning chiefs have approved a massive new housing estate in Preston Brook - but agreed to divert more money from the developer back into the local area. Halton Council's development management ...

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.

Manchester United are set to make a decision before the end of the season on whether to redevelop Old Trafford or build a new stadium.

Noel George will be a keen observer of the Dublin Racing Festival this weekend, as he continues to deliberate over the Cheltenham Festival destination for his star chaser Il Est Francais.

Chancellor Rachel Reeves is due to support a number of major infrastructure schemes in a speech on growth on Wednesday. Heathrow airport in west London wants to build a third runway to raise capacity ...

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 ...

A 23-year-old man was shot dead in Tulkarem and a 25-year-old man was killed in a strike on Jenin, where Israel launched a large operation earlier this month. The Palestinian health ministry does not ...

The supermarket reported rising profits after announcing 200 job cuts as part of a cost-saving plan earlier in January.

In total, 18 arrests were carried out as part of Operation Crossbow – 10 of which were for immigration offences, including possession of counterfeit ID documents. The remaining eight were for a ...