Lieutenant General Igor Kirillov was killed on Tuesday by a bomb hidden in a scooter outside his apartment building in Moscow ...

Households in England and Wales are set to learn their water bills will rise by at least 20% by 2030 to fix the “twin crisis” of pollution and shortages.

The sale of the Observer to Tortoise Media has been signed, kickstarting plans to shake up the world’s oldest Sunday newspaper with a new website and daily digital content. The deal will see Tortoise ...

A 15-year-old boy has pleaded not guilty to murdering an 80-year-old grandfather who died after an alleged assault while he was walking his dog in a park near his home. Bhim Kohli died in hospital on ...

Glenn Robert King, 32, of no fixed address in Lurgan, Co Armagh, and Kevin Paul McGuigan, 42, from Annacloy Park in Hillsborough, Co Down, appeared before Newry Magistrates’ Court via video-link on ...

Annual growth in UK house prices and rents has accelerated, with rental price inflation in England and London hitting record highs, according to official figures. The average house price increased by ...

Chief magistrate Paul Goldspring said the Tate brothers had engaged in a ‘straightforward cheat of the revenue’.

Simon Harris and the outgoing Cabinet will remain in their roles for now as a new taoiseach is unlikely to be elected on Wednesday.

Heavy rain and 60mph winds are expected to batter the UK and cause transport disruption on Wednesday evening, the Met Office has warned.

Children’s author Jean Adamson, know for the Topsy And Tim series of books, has died aged 96, her family confirmed. The family said they were announcing with “deep sorrow” that the “devoted” mother ...

A care group has donated £4,000 to two North Wales children's charities. For the second consecutive year, Alcedo Care Group has made a contribution to Cash for Kids' Mission Christmas and Alder Hey ...