Screams of horror could be heard as a man killed his friend at their home in Wales on Christmas Eve, a court has heard. Dylan Thomas, 24, is accused of murdering William Bush, 23, who died on December ...

Kemi Badenoch has suggested council tax rises could be needed after claiming local authorities face a £2.4 billion “black hole” next year. The Conservative Party leader used Prime Minister’s Questions ...

Train and bus performance statistics will be “plastered on the walls” of Department for Transport (DfT) offices, a Cabinet minister has said. Transport Secretary Louise Haigh told MPs she wants to ...

The Health Secretary has said failing hospitals will be named and shamed in league tables and NHS managers sacked if they cannot improve.

Chief executive Alistair Phillips-Davies said he will retire after 11 years in charge, as the firm reported a 26.4 rise in half-year profit.

Marcus Osborne was jailed in March for the double killing which left Katie Higton, 27, with 99 injuries; and Steven Harnett, 25, with 24 wounds including mutilated genitals; after which Osborne said: ...

Republic of Ireland boss Heimir Hallgrimsson was unaware of the controversy surrounding Robbie Keane’s visit to the camp but says the former captain’s presence was “a good thing” for his squad.

Song Jae-lim, a South Korean actor known for his roles in K-dramas Moon Embracing the Sun and Queen Woo, has been found dead at his home in the capital Seoul. He was 39. Officials at Seoul’s Seongdong ...

Pub group Fuller’s has revealed a £3 million hit from the Budget move to increase employers’ national insurance contributions and joined the growing list of firms warning over price hikes to offset ...

Northern Ireland’s First Minister Michelle O’Neill has been urged to intervene after a Co Tyrone man was arrested in the UAE over an online review he posted. Craig Ballentine, 33, from Cookstown, was ...

Artefacts and human remains taken by a Norwegian explorer in the late 1940s as part of the famous Kon-Tiki expedition are being returned to Chile’s Easter Island in the mid-Pacific.

The 35-year-old will top the money list for the third year running if he finishes 11th or better in the 50-man field in Dubai.