The Nobel Memorial Prize in economics has been awarded to Robert E Hall and Michael Woodford by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in Stockholm. The final award in this year’s Nobel cycle, it was ...

Jury selection has begun as Russell Brand faces trial on rape and sexual assault charges. The 51-year-old is accused of groping women and forcing them into sexual acts, in allegations spanning 10 ...

Two drug users who kept a man with mobility issues barricaded in his own flat for more than 12 hours have been jailed.

Air strikes on Yemen’s capital Sanaa have killed one person and injured 12 others, Yemen’s Houthi-run health ministry said. A ...

Russell Brand has arrived at Southwark Crown Court with his wife for the start of his trial on rape and sexual assault charges. The 51-year-old is accused of groping women and forcing them into sexual ...

India’s opposition parties have marched towards the supreme court to protest against a purge of voter lists they say favours prime minister Narendra Modi’s party, after police detained thousands of ...

Police were called just after 12am on Monday (October 12) with a report of concern for a man who was stood on a bridge on the A11 at Chippenham. A Cambridgeshire Constabulary spokesperson said: ...

Emergency services were contacted shortly after 1.30pm on Saturday when the man entered an enclosure and was set upon by a tiger.

Ambassador Kimberly Guilfoyle’s conduct has been brought into question in a series of reports from The Wall Street Journal.

Rescuers from Nepal’s military have raced to reach an area hit by flash flooding the previous day with five people reported missing. Rescue helicopters and soldiers brought food and other relief ...

He will call on all parties to support the Government’s approach in seeking a closer relationship with the EU.

Latest figures showed a 2.3 drop year-on-year in passenger numbers last moth to 7.2 million as Middle East traffic plunged.