Wes Streeting has described nurses as “the backbone of our NHS” after a staff member was left in a critical condition by a stabbing in a hospital’s A&E department.

An American writer living in Edinburgh has said it is “heartbreaking” to see her former home in the Pacific Palisades ravaged ...

Police were called at 10.35pm on Saturday to reports of gun shots being fired in separate incidents in Hackney, east London.

Firefighters scrambled on Sunday to make further progress against wildfires that have killed 16 people in the Los Angeles area as forecasters again warned of dangerous weather with the return of ...

The annual No Trousers Tube Ride event has returned in colourful fashion as people stripped down to their underwear and hopped on the London Underground. Hordes of bare legs were seen at Newport Place ...

Searchers in the Dolomites said they have found items belonging to Aziz Ziriat, 36, who has been missing since January 1.

North Yorkshire Police Constable Rosie Prior’s family described her as “a loving mum, wife, daughter, sister, aunty” who will be ...

A young gorilla rescued from a plane’s cargo hold is recovering at an Istanbul zoo, officials said, while wildlife officers consider returning him to his natural habitat. The five-month-old gorilla ...

Cumali Turhan, 46, was last seen in The Globe pub in Rainsford Road, Chelmsford, in the early hours of November 19.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has agreed to send the director of the Mossad foreign intelligence agency to ...

Firefighters raced to cut off spreading wildfires on Saturday before the return of potentially strong winds that could push ...

Thomas Taylor, 17, was attacked by a group of males at 5.50pm on Wednesday as he walked along Greenhill Street, close to Bedford bus station.