Japanese Princess Yuriko has died aged 101 after her health deteriorated recently, palace officials said. Yuriko was the wife of wartime Emperor Hirohito’s brother and the oldest member of the ...

The knife handle figure, discovered in the River Tyne near Corbridge in Northumberland, is thought to have been bought as a souvenir.

The Home Office spent £15 million buying a derelict prison contaminated with asbestos amid political pressure to stop housing migrants in hotels, according to Whitehall’s spending watchdog.

The 51-year-old is undertaking the 300 miles of Radio 2’s Ultra Endurance Cycle Challenge on his dream childhood bike, the Raleigh Chopper.

Government figures released by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) have revealed that 318,834 claimants had their benefits stopped ...

Scotland’s former first minister has accused Elon Musk of accessing his private messages as part of a campaign to “besmirch” his reputation. Humza Yousaf claimed Mr Musk, one of the richest men in the ...

A patient’s own blood could be used to help create a material potentially capable of repairing their broken bones, new research suggests. Scientists have transformed blood into a substance which ...

Recipients of Universal Credit, Child Benefit, Personal Independence Payments (PIP), Pension Credit and more will all see their regular ...

Ilya Lichtenstein masterminded one of the largest-ever thefts from a virtual currency exchange, according to prosecutors.

An undisputed boxing champion's tour ‘The Greater Fight’ will be at take place on Sunday December 1 at the Grand Venue in Blackburn.

UK economic growth slowed between July and September relative to the previous quarter, according to official data, in a blow to Chancellor Rachel Reeves. The economy grew by 0.1% over the period, ...

The party of Sri Lanka’s new Marxist-leaning president Anura Kumara Dissanayake has won a majority in parliament, providing a solid mandate for his economic revival program. Mr Dissanayake’s National ...