Improving A&E and ambulance waiting times are among the top priorities for the NHS in the year ahead, health officials have said. Hospitals have also been ordered to focus on reducing the NHS waiting ...

England endured more Women’s Ashes disappointment as they were bowled out for 170 on day one of the day/night Test at the MCG by a dominant Australia side chasing an unprecedented whitewash.

The Government will be listening to people, businesses and charities with concerns around noisy fireworks, a minister has said, following calls to limit sales. In the Commons, business minister Justin ...

Andrea Baldo said the luxury fashion company will focus more on ‘Britishness’ in future to counter a nosedive in profits.

The number of people suffering norovirus in England’s hospitals is at its highest level this winter. New data from NHS England shows an average of 898 hospital beds were filled each day last week by ...

Jagwar is likely to head straight to the Cheltenham Festival after leading home a one-two for Oliver Greenall and Josh Guerriero at Prestbury Park on Saturday.

An unknown number of people are believed to have died when an airliner and a military helicopter collided near Ronald Reagan Airport.

The decision to grant consent to the Rosebank and Jackdaw oil and gas fields will now be reconsidered, taking into account downstream emissions.

Nearly half a million shoplifting offences were recorded by police in England and Wales in a year, the highest 12-month total on record, figures show. A total of 492,914 offences were logged by forces ...

Emma Raducanu has taken a wild card into the WTA tournament in Abu Dhabi next week and will play in qualifying for the first time since winning the US Open.

The number of mortgage approvals to home buyers edged upwards month-on-month in December, according to Bank of England figures. Some 66,526 deals got the green light, up from 66,061 the previous month ...

Last April, a magnitude 7.4 quake hit the island’s mountainous eastern coastal county of Hualien, killing at least 13 people, injuring more than 1,000 others, collapsing a hotel and forcing the ...