The UK’s manufacturing downturn worsened last month with activity falling to a nine-month low, as firms faced less demand and cutbacks as concerns grow over the economic outlook, according to new data ...

The trial of former London’s Burning actor John Alford for sex offences involving a girl under 16 has been delayed because he is in hospital. The 53-year-old, who first found fame in Grange Hill, was ...

Fifty-six people have been killed and several others were injured in a stampede at a football stadium in southern Guinea following clashes between fans, the government said. Authorities are conducting ...

The Office for Environment Protection is investigating the Government over emergency authorisation of the neonicotinoid thiamethoxam.

The MasterChef presenter said the accusations have come from ‘a handful of middle-class women of a certain age’.

A police officer has been charged with causing death by dangerous driving over a crash in which a moped rider was killed. Metropolitan Police Constable Ian Brotherton, 32, will appear at Westminster ...

Ange Postecoglou is hopeful injury-hit Tottenham will have reinforcements for Thursday’s trip to Bournemouth. Dominic Solanke was the latest Spurs player to join a growing list of absentees after he ...

Volkswagen workers have launched rolling two-hour strikes at nine factories across Germany to underline their resistance to ...

Thousands of giant panda sculptures will greet residents and tourists in Hong Kong, where enthusiasm for the bears has grown since two cubs were born in a local theme park. The 2,500 exhibits were ...

Andy Farrell expects Ireland to “kick on” in his absence as he turns his attention to assembling a coaching team for next year’s British and Irish Lions tour to Australia.

The move comes after disputed parliamentary elections, which the President said had been rigged with Moscow’s help.

At least two people have died and 33 others were injured after a bus crashed near a ski resort in the Pyrenees mountains in southern France. A total of 47 people including the driver were on the bus ...