Jonathan Powell will take over from Sir Tim Barrow in the role based in 10 Downing Street, the Cabinet Office said.

A Spanish research vessel that investigates marine ecosystems has been deployed to search for people missing after catastrophic flooding. The 24 crew members aboard the Ramon Margalef will use its ...

Interim boss Ruud van Nistelrooy is keen to become Manchester United manager one day but says he wants to return to his role as assistant coach after handing the reins to Ruben Amorim. Having returned ...

June Spencer, who played matriarch Peggy Woolley in BBC Radio 4’s The Archers, has died at the age of 105, her family has said. She played the character since the show’s first episode in 1951 and only ...

A £20,000 reward has been offered for information which could help catch and convict whoever murdered a mother 30 years ago. Shona Stevens, 31, was found with serious injuries on a footpath in a ...

Ian Botham was rescued by his former Ashes rival Merv Hughes after falling into crocodile-infested waters while fishing. The pair were among a group on a boat in Australia when the accident occurred, ...

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has predicted that a new US administration under Donald Trump will cease providing support to Ukraine in its fight against Russia’s full-scale invasion. His ...

Sara Sharif’s father has tearfully told a court he felt his “world crushed” as he held her lifeless body in his arms. Taxi driver Urfan Sharif, 42, told jurors he found the 10-year-old collapsed after ...

Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) has said a shortage of aluminium putting the brakes on car production has dragged on its earnings in recent months. The Coventry-based luxury carmaker said the problems were ...

The regulator has published an open letter to tech firms, reminding them how generative AI tools will be in scope of the Online Safety Act.

Wales kick off the autumn schedule against Fiji on Sunday, followed by fixtures with Australia and world champions South Africa.

A man who poured petrol on a woman and set her on fire has pleaded guilty to murder after she died nearly two years on from the attack. Leigh Pateman, 45, previously admitted grievous bodily harm with ...