Veterans and their families marked 80 years since VE Day at a tea party hosted by the Royal British Legion in Staffordshire on Thursday.

Nicola Packer, 45, faced trial at Isleworth Crown Court in south-west London accused of having an illegal abortion.

On May 8 1945, the nation celebrated Victory in Europe, with church bells ringing out to mark the end of the Second World War.

DUP MLA Trevor Clarke made the challenge to Sinn Fein MLA Gerry Kelly at a Northern Ireland Policing Board meeting.

A woman has sustained a head injury after being hit by a car which failed to stop. On April 29, a dark blue Ford Fiesta is thought to have crashed into a woman in her 60s at around 10:30am on Honey ...

An immigration White Paper is expected to be published next week and is likely to include measures aimed at reducing net migration into the UK.

Scotland fell silent to remember its wartime heroes, with a series of events taking place around the country to mark the 80th anniversary of VE Day. At the Scottish Parliament and at public spaces ...

British rock band The Who have announced their final tour of North America. The duo of Roger Daltrey and Pete Townshend will perform hits from across their six-decade career during The Song Is Over ...

Dan Burton, 54, died after his paramotor was involved in a collision with one flown by Sacha Dench, known as the ‘human swan’, in the Highlands.

High street banks Nationwide, Halifax, Virgin Money, and TSB have each announced further rate cuts in what has been described as "a Bank Holiday bonanza for borrowers". Following the 0.25% decrease in ...

Nearly 40 voted against the company’s executive pay deal, which saw boss Chris O’Shea get a £4.3 million package last year.

The strikes included one attack on a school sheltering hundreds of displaced Palestinians, which killed 27 people, officials ...