The Prince of Wales was welcomed to Rio de Janeiro with an honour reserved for the carnival king – the keys to the city. William stood on top of Sugarloaf Mountain with a bird’s eye view of the ...

Former footballer and manager Joey Barton “crossed the line between free speech and a crime” with social media posts about broadcaster Jeremy Vine and female television pundits Eni Aluko and Lucy Ward ...

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Persistent grey skies and low cloud meant last month was the one of the UK’s dullest Octobers on record, new figures show. The country saw an average of just 63.3 hours of sunshine, the lowest total ...

Former hurling star DJ Carey has been sentenced to five-and-a-half years in prison after a “reprehensible” act of defrauding people by falsely claiming to have cancer.

Police are investigating the incidents as part of the probe into a mass stabbing on a high speed train on Saturday.

No migrants have been recorded crossing the English Channel for 11 days, the longest gap so far this year. The most recent date on which people arrived in the UK after making the journey by boat was ...

The National Association of Head Teachers began legal action against Ofsted in May this year over the new inspection framework.

A medieval tower in the heart of Italy’s capital, near the famous Roman Forum ruins, has partially collapsed during work to renovate the structure, seriously injuring at least one worker, Italian ...

Sinn Fein president Mary-Lou McDonald said there should be a national focus on the issue, including from the Irish Government.

Counter-terrorism officials could see a record number of referrals under the government anti-extremism scheme Prevent in the wake of the Southport attack. Head of Counter Terrorism Policing Laurence ...

A rare Royal Mint 20p coin fetched £62 on eBay after sparking a mini bidding war. The 20p coin, a "mule" coin, minted in 2008, sold for more than 300 times its face value at the online auction. This ...