Azerbaijan’s flag carrier has announced that it will suspend flights to several Russian airports, citing potential safety risks after a crash of one of its planes that many experts blamed on Russian ...

Osamu Suzuki, the former boss of Suzuki Motor Corp who helped turn the Japanese mini-vehicle maker into a globally competitive company, has died aged 94. Mr Suzuki was known for his candid remarks and ...

A man has been charged with four counts of attempted murder after four pedestrians were hit by a car in London’s West End on Christmas Day. Anthony Gilheaney, 30, has also been charged with causing ...

Scotland welcomed 2024 in explosive style with the traditional fireworks display over Edinburgh Castle at the Hogmanay street party. The 12 months which followed saw electoral change, footballing ...

Soap supremo Sir Phil Redmond says that “courage has gone out of broadcasting” in recent years, and suggested that TV watchdog rules should be broken more often.

German president Frank-Walter Steinmeier has ordered the country’s parliament to be dissolved and set new elections for February 23 in the wake of the collapse of Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s governing ...

Kidney Care UK figures show that of the 112,150 people who have completed its assessment tool, 49.7 have been identified as being at higher risk.

A woman from Oldham has been crowned as Aldi's biggest superfan by the supermarket after bosses were impressed by her merchandise collection.

A prison officer has been arrested after she was allegedly filmed having sex with an inmate. Footage of the guard and male prisoner was shared with prisoners at HMP Five Wells, Northamptonshire, the ...

South Korea’s opposition-controlled National Assembly has voted to impeach the country’s acting leader, Han Duck-soo. The assembly approved the impeachment motion in a 192-0 vote on Friday. Governing ...

The year has not been short of dramatic events and developments, and here the PA news agency provides a month by month look back on 2024.

The former world number one served a one-month ban after a positive test for the angina medication trimetazidine.