The wait for a new pope goes on after black smoke rose from the Sistine Chapel following the first secret vote as the conclave began. A group of 133 cardinal electors began their behind-closed-doors ...

Labour is facing a ‘battle for the very future and the heart and soul of our country’, Cabinet Office minister Pat McFadden said.

The strikes targeted at least nine sites ‘where terrorist attacks against India have been planned’, India’s defence ministry said.

US Vice President JD Vance has said Russia was “asking for too much” in its initial peace offer as the United States looks to bring about an end to the war in Ukraine.

Sir Keir Starmer faces a growing backbench rebellion over cuts to a disability benefit, Labour MPs have indicated after the party lost almost 200 council seats in England last week. One of the party’s ...

MPs have rejected a bid to force public authorities to record sex data purely based on biological sex, amid concerns it would lead to the “mass outing of trans people”. The Conservatives had put ...

It is becoming “increasingly difficult” for the Stormont Executive to mitigate decisions being made at Westminster, Northern Ireland’s Finance Minister has said. John O’Dowd said decisions, such as ...

West Lindsey in Lincolnshire had the highest proportion of people aged 18 and over living with obesity in 2023/24.

His former partner Cheryl Tweedy is an estate administrator, meaning she is legally responsible for his money, property and possessions.

Ann Marie Twomey she could not comment on the previous investigating team’s 2017 search of the Satchwell home.

Harbour Energy has revealed plans to axe around 250 jobs in Scotland as the firm laid the blame on “punitive” government measures. The oil and gas firm said the cuts – about a quarter of its workforce ...

Some victims of the infected blood scandal will die before they receive compensation and the current number of people who have received a payout is “unsatisfactory”, the Government has admitted.