A neighbour of Harshita Brella has revealed she heard two blistering rows, one involving a woman who “sounded scared”, in the days before the 24-year-old’s body was discovered in the boot of a car in ...

Survivors of the 2004 Boxing Day Indian Ocean tsunami described how they were “fighting for our lives” on the day, ahead of the release of a new documentary marking the 20th anniversary of the ...

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has renewed his call for a “limitless” expansion of his military nuclear programme to counter US-led threats. His comments, reported on Monday, were his first direct ...

The white-ball captain handed over the wicketkeeping duties as England won their T20 series in the West Indies.

Feelings of “mistrust” and “scepticism” among medics about working with pharmaceutical firms is holding back industry’s potential to help transform NHS patient care, a report has warned. The resources ...

Transport, justice and policing, energy, taxation and welfare are among the powers held by Scotland but currently unavailable to Wales.

Lasers that harness bacteria’s natural ability to convert sunlight into energy could power missions to Mars and provide a source of clean energy on Earth, scientists have announced. The technology is ...

The Children’s Charities Coalition, which includes Action for Children, Barnardo’s and the NSPCC, said the Government’s “commitment to reforming and rebalancing children’s social care towards early ...

The slender-billed curlew could be the first known global bird extinction from mainland Europe, north Africa and west Asia.

Up to 20cm of snow may accumulate in the worst affected areas in the country’s ‘first taste of winter’, the Met Office said.

A road safety charity is to launch a new charter for the “neglected victims” of road crashes amid a rise in the number of people killed ...

Some British arts festivals are at risk of being “lost” as organisers struggle with rising costs and increased financial challenges, a report has said. The Festivals Forward report surveyed 101 ...