Matt Wrack was seeking another term of office after two decades in the post of general secretary of the Fire Brigades Union (FBU). But he was beaten by the union’s vice president Steve Wright who will ...

Scientists have identified new genetic risk factors for depression across all major global populations after a study involving five million participants, giving hope for new treatments. The world’s ...

Hindus believe bathing at the confluence of the Ganges, Yamuna and mythical Saraswati rivers will cleanse them of their sins.

More than 100 illegal miners are believed to have died of starvation or dehydration in the Buffelsfontein Gold Mine near ...

JD Sports has become the latest retailer to unveil how it fared in the key Christmas period as the slew of festive updates lays bare the winners and losers over the “golden quarter”. A raft of major ...

The top aide of impeached South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol pleaded with law enforcement agencies on Tuesday to abandon ...

It is the second time in two weeks that the former US first lady is not attending a gathering of former US leaders and their spouses.

Freeing a British-Egyptian pro-democracy activist is the “number one issue” and senior UK officials will “do all we can”, according to the Foreign Secretary. David Lammy said Prime Minister Sir Keir ...

Chelsea striker Sam Kerr has appeared in court charged with alleged racially aggravated harassment of a police officer. The captain of the Australia women’s national football team attended a hearing, ...

The Princess of Wales offered comfort to cancer patients and their families as she made an emotional return to the hospital where she was treated, telling them: “There is light at the end of that ...

The UK’s first safer drug consumption room has had good uptake and “positive feedback” from users since opening in Glasgow, a minister has said. Scottish Health Secretary Neil Gray said the success of ...

A man has been charged with driving offences relating to an alleged hit-and-run incident which resulted in a girl being airlifted to hospital and the horse she was riding being put down.