All eyes are on Vatican City for the sign of a new pope, as cardinals processed into the Sistine Chapel to begin the secret conclave meeting. The 133 electors, mostly dressed in distinctive bright red ...

Sir Keir Starmer faces a growing backbench rebellion over cuts to a disability benefit, Labour MPs have indicated after the party lost almost 200 council seats in England last week. One of the party’s ...

Comic Relief co-founders Sir Lenny Henry and Richard Curtis have said they feel “deeply honoured” to accept a philanthropy award recognising the charity’s efforts to address inequality and poverty.

Some victims of the infected blood scandal will die before they receive compensation and the current number of people who have received a payout is “unsatisfactory”, the Government has admitted.

A PRIMARY school pupil from the Borders has secured a place in the final of a national joke-telling competition. Archie Jones, who attends Ancrum Primary School, was crowned the winner of the Borders ...

The stabbing of a bank customer in Derby city centre is still being investigated and two people have been arrested.

Chancellor Rachel Reeves defended her actions in office as pressure mounted on Labour to U-turn on the winter fuel payment cut.

The Survation survey suggests Nigel Farage’s party will beat the Tories and Labour to become the main opposition at the Scottish Parliament.

Harbour Energy has revealed plans to axe around 250 jobs in Scotland as the firm laid the blame on “punitive” government measures. The oil and gas firm said the cuts – about a quarter of its workforce ...

His former partner Cheryl Tweedy is an estate administrator, meaning she is legally responsible for his money, property and possessions.

Disney will build its seventh theme park, this one in the United Arab Emirates, the entertainment company said on Wednesday. The waterfront resort will be built on Yas Island on the outskirts of Abu ...