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DONALD Trump and Joe Biden are battling over key ‘rust belt' states as the race to the White House reaches its final stages.

A young couple have officially become Mr and Mrs White-Christmas after tying the knot in a pre-lockdown wedding.

Tropical Storm Eta is spinning through northern Nicaragua after lashing the country's Caribbean coast for much of the past day, with floodwater isolating already remote communities and setting off deadly...

A McDonald's restaurant has opened its doors for the first time in Rutland – England's last county to gain a branch of the fast food chain.

A bedside cabinet designed by Charles Rennie Mackintosh has sold for £250,000 at auction.

A bedside cabinet designed by Charles Rennie Mackintosh has sold for £250,000 at auction.

A LOT has happened in the past 24 hours and there is a lot more to come. The outcome of the US Election is a on knife-edge and could take...

The University of Oxford hopes to present late-stage trial results on its COVID-19 vaccine candidate this year though its top scientific investigator cautioned it would still take some time for...

The University of Oxford hopes to present late-stage trial results on its COVID-19 vaccine candidate this year though its top scientific investigator cautioned it would still take some time for...

The University of Oxford hopes to present late-stage trial results on its COVID-19 vaccine candidate this year though its top scientific investigator cautioned it would still take some time for...

The University of Oxford hopes to present late-stage trial results on its COVID-19 vaccine candidate this year though its top scientific investigator cautioned it would still take some time for...

The University of Oxford hopes to present late-stage trial results on its COVID-19 vaccine candidate this year though its top scientific investigator cautioned it would still take some time for...

Traumatised pangolins rescued from poachers are being nursed back to health by a dedicated team of volunteers at a South African wildlife clinic.

Traumatised pangolins rescued from poachers are being nursed back to health by a dedicated team of volunteers at a South African wildlife clinic.

Traumatised pangolins rescued from poachers are being nursed back to health by a dedicated team of volunteers at a South African wildlife clinic.

Traumatised pangolins rescued from poachers are being nursed back to health by a dedicated team of volunteers at a South African wildlife clinic.

Traumatised pangolins rescued from poachers are being nursed back to health by a dedicated team of volunteers at a South African wildlife clinic.

Overdraft customers will not be offered new blanket £500 interest-free buffers as part of fresh support measures to support those struggling financially due to coronavirus, it has been confirmed.

The United States has elected its first transgender state senator, as several other LGBTQ+ records were broken across the country.

The fate of the US presidency hangs in the balance as Donald Trump and Joe Biden battle for battleground states that could prove crucial in determining who wins the White...

US news organisations have rebuked Donald Trump after he falsely claimed on live television that he had won re-election even as votes were still being counted.

A Republican in North Dakota appears to have won a seat in the state legislature, despite dying a month ago after contracting the coronavirus.

An 11-year-old girl has completed her challenge to reach 7.1 million keepy-uppies, one for every UK key worker, to raise money for a number of charities.

Despite incomplete results from several battleground states that could determine the outcome of the US presidential race, President Donald Trump proclaimed victory over Democratic challenger Joe Biden on Wednesday.

Brewer and pub owner Shepherd Neame has said it is focusing on emerging from the coronavirus crisis “in a position of strength” ahead of the closure of sites on Thursday.

Ethiopia's Nobel Peace Prize-winning prime minister has ordered the military to confront the country's Tigray regional government after he said it carried out a deadly attack on a military base...

Ethiopia's Nobel Peace Prize-winning prime minister has ordered the military to confront the country's Tigray regional government after he said it carried out a deadly attack on a military base...

Ethiopia's Nobel Peace Prize-winning prime minister has ordered the military to confront the country's Tigray regional government after he accused it of carrying out a deadly attack on a military...

Ethiopia's Nobel Peace Prize-winning prime minister has ordered the military to confront the country's Tigray regional government after he accused it of carrying out a deadly attack on a military...

Donald Trump and Joe Biden both still have the chance to take the White House, with only a handful of states yet to report their votes.

Democrats look set to extend their control of the US House of Representatives for two more years but with a potentially shrunken majority, as they lost at least six incumbents...

Argentine football icon Diego Maradona was in recovery after successful surgery to treat a subdural hematoma, a blood clot on the brain, the former World Cup winner's doctor said late...

The BBC is to investigate allegations made by Earl Spencer that he was shown “false bank statements” to help encourage his sister Diana, Princess of Wales, to give an interview...

Kerry Group has issued a profit warning in its third-quarter trading update after resuming earnings guidance for the full year.

Outsourcing giant Mitie has slashed the price it will pay for rival Interserve's facilities management arm by nearly a third to around £190 million under final terms for the deal.

US President Donald Trump has called the US election results “a major fraud” and vowed to take the process to the Supreme Court.

President Donald Trump on Wednesday falsely claimed that he had won the U.S. election with millions of votes still uncounted after his Democratic rival, Joe Biden, said he was confident...

The United States is at war with itself and the American dream is dead. If the next president wishes to heal a bitterly divided nation, he must restore people's hope...

The United States is at war with itself and the American dream is dead. If the next president wishes to heal a bitterly divided nation, he must restore people's hope...

Democratic expectations of expanding their majority in the House of Representatives appear to be waning as they failed to defeat any Republican incumbents in initial returns.