The Vatican has confirmed that plans remain in place for Pope Francis to go to Belgium and Luxembourg later this week, despite having cancelled all his audiences Monday because of a “slight flu-like ...

A brother and sister have been formally recognised by emergency workers for their quick-thinking which saved their mother’s life. Oliver and Arianna Liddle were shocked to find their mum, Donna, lying ...

A Russian space capsule has undocked from the International Space Station (ISS) to take three astronauts back to Earth – two of them having completed a record-long stay on the orbiting laboratory.

A witness has told how she tried to save the life of a teenage boy who was left 'pouring with blood' after he stabbed in Woolwich. The Metropolitan Police were called around 6.30pm on Sunday ...

The Pakistani Taliban has denied involvement in a bombing attack on a police convoy that was escorting foreign ambassadors in the unsettled north-west, as authorities said they were still trying to ...

A schoolboy who was stabbed to death in south-east London said “I’m 15, don’t let me die” as he lay bleeding, a witness has revealed. The 43-year-old woman told the PA news agency that she tried to ...

It also means 1,424 Channel crossings took place this weekend, after another 707 people arrived on Saturday in 11 boats. The total for the year so far is up 4% on this time last year (23,996) but 21% ...

Police are searching for a missing 73-year-old man from Eltham who was last seen in the early hours of this morning.

The teenage victim of a fatal stabbing in Woolwich said “I’m 15, don’t let me die” as he lay bleeding, a witness has said.

BBC Radio 2 presenter Zoe Ball returned to hosting her breakfast show, and paid tribute to Lauren Laverne and Jamie Theakston after the pair revealed their cancer diagnoses. The BBC Radio 2 presenter, ...

The Metropolitan Police was called at around 6.30pm on Sunday to reports of a disturbance on Eglinton Road, Woolwich. The boy was found at the scene with a stab injury and he died a short time later.

A flood alert has been issued for parts of Kent near the River Darent from Dartford to Westerham following heavy rainfall this weekend and today.