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The Government has welcomed agreement in principle on Tuesday between Britain and the European Union on how the post-Brexit Northern Ireland protocol will implement checks, regulations and paperwork in the...

The Government has welcomed agreement in principle on Tuesday between Britain and the European Union on how the post-Brexit Northern Ireland protocol will implement checks, regulations and paperwork in the...

The Government has welcomed agreement in principle on Tuesday between Britain and the European Union on how the post-Brexit Northern Ireland protocol will implement checks, regulations and paperwork in the...

People who have experienced mental health problems are three times more likely to have fallen victim to an online scam than the wider population, according to a charity.

A key which opened the doors of an 11th Century tower has been returned almost 50 years after it disappeared.

Australia finalised plans on Tuesday to make Facebook and Google pay its media outlets for news content, a world-first move aimed at protecting independent journalism that has been strongly opposed...

NHS ambulance staff have starred in a video to send Christmas wishes “from the faces behind the masks”.

More than a quarter of UK businesses are not sure they will be ready for Brexit before the end of the year, new data has shown.

The typical premium to buy a home with a sea view has surged by more than £19,000 over the past year, as demand for coastal properties has been boosted during...

The nurse who administered the world's first Covid-19 vaccination said she was “very proud to say to everyone I am a Filipino-Briton making history”.

Mortgages to the value of around £78.9 billion were agreed in the third quarter of 2020 – the highest total since 2007, according to the Bank of England.

Welsh Health Minister Vaughan Gething has criticised the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge's decision to travel to Wales as Covid cases rise, saying he would prefer it if “no-one was...

US president-elect Joe Biden is poised to nominate retired four-star army general Lloyd J Austin to be secretary of defence, making him the first black leader of the Pentagon.

US president-elect Joe Biden is poised to nominate retired four-star army general Lloyd J Austin to be secretary of defence, making him the first black leader of the Pentagon.

Charles “Chuck” Yeager, the Second World War fighter pilot ace and test pilot who became the first person to fly faster than sound in 1947, has died aged 97.

The owners of McCarthy and Stone have voted for a plan which would see the company taken over by a US private equity firm.

China and Nepal have jointly announced a new official height for Mount Everest, ending a discrepancy between the two nations.

China and Nepal have jointly announced a new official height for Mount Everest, ending a discrepancy between the two nations.

China and Nepal have jointly announced a new official height for Mount Everest, ending a discrepancy between the two nations.

China and Nepal have jointly announced a new height for Mount Everest, ending a discrepancy between the two nations.

China and Nepal have jointly announced a new official height for Mount Everest, ending a discrepancy between the two nations.

China and Nepal have jointly announced a new official height for Mount Everest, ending a discrepancy between the two nations.

Plumbing and heating giant Ferguson has said its plans to spin off UK arm Wolseley into a separate listed company are still uncertain because of the Covid-19 pandemic.

An online shopping firm that counts Mike Ashley's Frasers Group empire as its biggest shareholder has put itself up for sale as part of a strategic review.

The NHS in the UK has become the first health service in the world to begin rolling out Pfizer's Covid-19 vaccine.

A 90-year-old grandmother born in Enniskillen is first in the world to receive Pfizer coronavirus vaccine

A 90-year-old grandmother born in Enniskillen is first in the world to receive Pfizer coronavirus vaccine

Under normal circumstances, the fact a 79-year-old pensioner had decided to get the flu jab would hardly be front page news.

A comprehensive report into the 2019 Christchurch mosque shootings in which 51 Muslim worshippers died sheds new light on how the gunman was able to elude detection by authorities as...

A comprehensive report into the 2019 Christchurch mosque shootings in which 51 Muslim worshippers died sheds new light on how the gunman was able to elude detection by authorities as...

Older people in nursing homes will get Covid-19 vaccinations first, followed by frontline health workers and then the wider over-70s population, under plans to be discussed by Government today.

A New Year lockdown may be inevitable as heavy festive socialising looks set to lead to a January surge in Covid-19 cases.

President Donald Trump has declared he has the “absolute right” to issue a pardon to himself, yet the law is much murkier than his confidence suggests.

Japan's economy expanded at a 22.9% annual rate in the latest quarter, as businesses and personal spending recovered from pandemic-related shocks in the spring and early summer.

Ethiopia's government denied yesterday that northern forces whom its troops have fought for a month would be able to mount a guerrilla insurgency, while diplomats said a United Nations team...

Donald Trump's attempts to challenge his election defeat have been further impeded after Rudy Giuliani, the lawyer leading the drive, was admitted to hospital with coronavirus.

Donald Trump's attempts to challenge his election defeat have been further impeded after Rudy Giuliani, the lawyer leading the drive, was admitted to hospital with coronavirus.

A face-to-face meeting between Ursula von der Leyen and Boris Johnson will form part of last-ditch efforts to avoid the massive economic fallout of a failure to reach a Brexit...

Emmanuel Macron prompted criticism yesterday after saying he would not make weapons sales to Egypt conditional on Cairo improving its human rights record.

Emmanuel Macron prompted criticism yesterday after saying he would not make weapons sales to Egypt conditional on Cairo improving its human rights record.