The United Nations has expressed concern about the Taliban’s arrest of Afghan women and girls for their alleged failure to comply with dress code restrictions. In May 2022, the Taliban government ...

Former striking miners who were arrested during the violent confrontation at Orgreave in 1984 said their names could finally be cleared after the announcement of a public inquiry. The inquiry, ...

Off-spinner Charlie Dean is hoping a one-day international series victory over India would take England into the World Cup on a high. Dean and her team-mates head into Tuesday’s third match at Chester ...

A 999 call made by a mother who was later found dead along with her “entirely dependent” daughter led to no ambulance being sent despite the call handler being given their address and postcode, an ...

Plans to almost triple the size of the Wimbledon tennis site are set to proceed after a campaign group’s legal challenge against the decision to approve the proposals was dismissed by a High Court ...

A mother who killed her four-month-old baby girl by violently shaking her during the first national coronavirus lockdown has been jailed for 15 years. Melissa Wilband, 28, caused traumatic brain ...

Traditional public service media is under threat and needs to be more discoverable on popular video sharing platforms like YouTube, regulatory body Ofcom has said. Its report, Transmission Critical: ...

Parts of Northern Ireland saw more than 85% of the average July rainfall come down over a 24-hour period, according to forecasters. Warnings over rain applied to significant parts of the island of ...

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer said he wanted people to feel better-off and more secure by the time of the next election as he set out his priorities in government. Sir Keir said he also wanted ...

Tributes have been paid to the world’s longest-serving KFC employee who has died after working for the company for nearly 50 years. Pauline Richards, who was known by many as Miss KFC, first started ...

A provisional trial date has been set for seven men charged with causing grievous bodily harm after a man suffered a suspected bleed on the brain following a protest outside the Iranian embassy. They ...