A major fleet of double-decker trains will operate in the UK for the first time, Eurostar has announced. The company said it ...

Peru’s new president has declared a state of emergency in the capital in the government’s latest attempt to stem a surge in violence that has stirred protests and contributed to the recent downfall of ...

Inflation unexpectedly remained steady last month as upward pressure from petrol prices was offset by easing food costs, according to official figures. The rate of Consumer Prices Index (CPI) was 3.8% ...

Fitness and calorie trackers can make users feel “shame” if they do not achieve their goals, academics have said. A study analysed tens of thousands of social media posts about use of the trackers.

Ann Sturzaker, née Featherston) was born in Purley, south London, on May 26, 1944. After leaving school, she worked as a librarian for a year before training as a nurse at Guy’s Hospital in London. It ...

The grandchildren of the last woman to be hanged in Britain are seeking a posthumous pardon, saying she was physically and emotionally abused by her partner before killing him. Ruth Ellis, a nightclub ...

The White House has moved ahead with the massive construction project despite not yet having sign-off from the National ...

“From the day we signed the Sharm el-Sheikh agreement, we were determined and committed to seeing it through to the end,” ...

Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy has arrived at a prison in Paris to begin serving a five-year sentence for a criminal ...

Tracey Connelly’s parole hearing will take place in prison with a video feed livestreamed over Wednesday and Thursday.

A 15-year-old boy who stabbed a fellow pupil to death during a school lunch break is due to be sentenced. Harvey Willgoose, 15, was stabbed in the heart in front of horrified children by another ...

The 23-year-old Cambridge graduate died in July last year after declining cancer treatment on the advice of her conspiracy theorist parents.