US actor John Lithgow has said he is “very excited” and “very intimidated” to play wizard and Hogwarts headmaster Albus Dumbledore in a new Harry Potter TV series. The upcoming HBO Original series has ...

The top United Nations official in South Sudan urged the UN Security Council on Wednesday to use its clout to prevent the world’s newest nation from again plunging into civil war.

Marsan, 56, who recently played Amy Winehouse’s father Mitch in the film Back To Black, was made an OBE for his services to drama at an investiture ceremony at Windsor Castle on Wednesday. The son of ...

A colossal squid has been filmed alive in the wild for the first time, 100 years after the species was discovered. The rare footage was captured on March 9 by Schmidt Ocean Institute’s remotely ...

The woman, in her sixties, was taken to hospital in a critical condition after the collision last week but died on Tuesday, police confirmed.

Ruben Amorim has invited Manchester United fan Rory McIlroy to Old Trafford following his Masters triumph. McIlroy said after completing the career grand slam at Augusta National that he would take ...

Seema Misra was eight weeks pregnant with her second child when she was sentenced to 15 months imprisonment in 2010.

Tottenham captain Son Heung-min has been ruled out of Thursday’s Europa League quarter-final at Eintracht Frankfurt, but under-pressure Ange Postecoglou has backed his players to seize a great ...

The oil major’s board is likely to face conflicting pressures from shareholders against a backdrop of confusion and uncertainty for investors.

A man in Bradford said the helicopter was "deafening over the city centre" and "drowned out the fountains in City Park". A spokesperson for the National Police Air Service (NPAS) said the crew from ...

Hundreds of thousands of families across England are finding out which primary school their child will be joining this September.

The grandfather of footballer Jesse Lingard has told a court he was not an “ogre” as he denied allegations of historical sexual assault. Kenneth Lingard gave evidence in his trial at Liverpool Crown ...