Sir Keir Starmer has promised sweeping changes to crack down on what he described as the “bulging benefits bill blighting our society”.

Mohamed Adow, of the think tank Power Shift Africa, said the summit ‘has been a disaster for the developing world’.

A single ticket-holder has won the £7.4 million jackpot in Saturday’s Lotto draw and players have been advised to check their tickets. Andy Carter, senior winners’ adviser at Allwyn, operator of The ...

The state should “never offer death as a service”, the Justice Secretary has said, in a strongly worded intervention over the assisted dying Bill ahead of a historic Commons vote next week.

Snow leopards, Amur tigers, and birds were spotted frolicking in their frost-covered habitats, thriving in the chilly weather.

The state should “never offer death as a service”, the Justice Secretary has said, in a strongly worded intervention over the assisted dying Bill ahead of a historic Commons vote next week.

The funds raised will be used to carry on these services, spreading joy to even more elderly people in the coming year.

California has been hit by record levels of rainfall, which has caused small landslides and flooding in the US state. The ...

The Laos government has said it is “profoundly saddened” and is investigating the deaths of six people from suspected ...

Tens of thousands of people have staged a protest in Barcelona over the rocketing cost of renting an apartment in the popular tourist destination. People held up homemade signs reading “Fewer ...

Clean-up operations are under way after Storm Bert swept across the island of Ireland, causing flooding and thousands of power outages. Power cuts affected 60,000 customers at the height of the outage ...

Strong wind and heavy rain may cause disruption across the county, including Winchester, Basingstoke and Andover.