An emergency alert drill will send a test message to mobile phones across the UK next weekend. It will mark the second test of the national emergency alert system, after the first in 2023. On Sunday, ...

Lisa Cook was appointed to the Fed’s board by then-president Joe Biden in 2022 and is the first black woman to serve as a governor.

Sir Andy Murray has become an official patron of a charity set up in the aftermath of the Dunblane massacre. The Dunblane Centre said it marks the first patronage the star has accepted since retiring ...

Reviewers have criticised the second instalment of the duchess’s lifestyle series which was released on Tuesday.

BARROW Raiders head coach Paul Crarey has spoken of his pride in his side after they kept their slim hopes of a play-off spot alive with a win ...

Authorities in Germany have announced murder charges against an Afghan man accused of killing two people and injuring 44 in a car ramming in Munich in February that prosecutors say was motivated by a ...

The Yorkshire-set series about the life of the landed gentry and their servants is to end with a film titled Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale, which will be released in September.

More than 500 people were arrested over the two days of the Notting Hill Carnival, including 61 after the use of live facial recognition. The number is up from 349 last year when the event also saw ...

A motorcyclist has died following a crash in Cumbria over the bank holiday weekend. Cumbria Police are investigating a collision involving a single motorcycle on the A683 between Kirkby Lonsdale and ...

Del Amitri singer Justin Currie has said he is finding it “very hard” to play guitar now because of the symptoms of Parkinson ...

Poundland is to push ahead with more store closures after receiving court approval for a major restructuring plan. In June, the discount retail chain said it planned to permanently shut 68 shops after ...

A horse has died and two spectators were taken to hospital following a tragic incident during Cartmel Racecourse’s Bank Holiday meeting. The racecourse confirmed that the horse Wbee collapsed during ...