Rescue teams in South Africa have started a third day searching for missing people after floods devastated parts of the rural Eastern Cape province and left at least 57 dead. Authorities said they ...

The revenue body has faced criticism and questions over why MPs were not told earlier about a breach affecting around 100,000 taxpayers.

Council tax bills are set to rise at their fastest rate for two decades in the wake of Rachel Reeves’ spending review, according to the head of the Institute for Fiscal Studies.

An Olympic swimmer has spoken of her devastation after an attack on a leisure centre which she describes as a “safe place for so many”.

Northern Ireland actor Liam Neeson has paid tribute to novelist Barbara Taylor Bradford in a message praising her brilliance and elegance read out at her memorial service. The 73-year-old reflected on ...

The Office for National Statistics said the value of goods exported to America tumbled by £2 billion in April – the fastest pace since ...

A total of 53 British nationals were on board a Gatwick airport-bound plane that appeared to explode when it crashed shortly after take-off, Air India has said. The airline’s chairman Natarajan ...

Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar said the closure is a result of Holyrood ministers “once again overlooking Scottish industry”, as he pointed to the award of a contract to build ferries being given ...

Ukraine hit back with its own raids, with Russia’s defence ministry saying air defences downed 52 drones early on Thursday.

The King has sent a message to the people of Austria expressing his sympathy following the “appallingly tragic” school shooting in Graz. Charles described how the “horrific attack” was all the more ...

Kirsty McNeill said the inclusion of development funding for the scheme in the spending review shows the Government’s support for it.