Ukraine’s stretched defences in Donetsk have been creaking since early this year under a fierce Russian drive.

The 10-year-old was beaten to death four years after her taxi driver father was awarded custody, despite accusations of abuse ...

St George's Old Boys Association held its annual reunion on Friday, November 24 at York NHS Social Club in White Cross Road. They turned out in numbers again and organisers Tom Sweeney, Terry Bellwood ...

More than 5,000 children in Northern Ireland are set to spend this Christmas living in temporary accommodation. It has emerged that in November there were 5,378 children in temporary accommodation, ...

A man has been arrested on suspicion of the murder of Irish schoolboy Kyran Durnin. The man is being detained at a Garda station in the east of the country in relation to the disappearance of the Co ...

The number of hospital beds in England occupied by patients with flu has increased by 70% in a week, NHS England said, as it warned of a “tidal wave of flu hitting hospitals”. Health leaders said that ...

John Lewis and former Verve frontman Richard Ashcroft have chosen the “cover star” of the retailer’s Christmas ad theme song following a nationwide competition. Mel Raeburn said it was “an honour” to ...

Mr Biden said he would be taking more steps in the weeks ahead and would continue to review clemency petitions.

Five businesses in Scarborough, Filey, and Cayton have applied for licences to allow bingo events, the sale of alcohol, and pavement cafés.

The Government is ‘absolutely willing’ to take over if local authorities refuse to put plans in place to meet housing targets.

The Government is considering “fundamental reform” in the courts after the crown court backlog almost doubled in five years, hitting another record high. The number of criminal cases waiting to be ...

The UK’s first drug consumption room may not now open until early next year after delays. The facility, in the east end of Glasgow, was due to open to drug users in October, allowing them to take ...