The death toll from an explosion at a coal mine in eastern Iran rose to 50 on Wednesday after one of the miners who was injured in the weekend blast died in hospital, Iranian state television reported ...

The Unite leader made a powerful plea to change the controversial cut to some pensioners’ winter fuel payment.

Duddon and Furness Mountain Rescue Team launched a large scale rescue at the weekend to find a missing pensioner that hadn't returned from her walk.

The Education Secretary said early years education and childcare were her ‘first priority’ as she set out the Government’s plans.

DIY SOS star Nick Knowles was reportedly ‘incredibly upset’ after the injury put his future on Strictly Come Dancing in doubt.

Firefighters and police evacuated residents on Tuesday at Billing Aquadrome holiday park, Northamptonshire Fire and Rescue Service said.

Former Scotland rugby captain Rob Wainwright is to host a “Doddie Discofest” on a Hebridean island to raise money for research into motor neurone disease. The two-day event on Coll will feature music ...

An Israeli airstrike in central Gaza has killed a pregnant woman and her four children, Palestinian medical officials have said. The strike on Wednesday hit a house in the urban Bureij refugee camp, ...

The decision to play the anthem ahead of Saturday’s heavyweight fight between Daniel Dubois and Anthony Joshua sparked criticism.

Two men have denied murdering a mother and her three children who were killed in a house fire in Bradford. Bryonie Gawith, 29; Denisty Birtle, nine; Oscar Birtle, five; and 22-month-old Aubree Birtle; ...

Earth is set to play host to a “mini-moon” this week, as a small asteroid – about the length of a double decker bus – enters the planet’s orbit. The temporary guest, called 2024 PT5, is set to arrive ...

In the 2000 film, Cast Away Tom Hanks’ character Charles “Chuck” Noland crashes in the Pacific Ocean, and has to fend for himself for years with only a volleyball for company. Robinson Crusoe tells ...