The Government will set out proposals to cut red tape and for planning decisions to be shifted away from councillors and towards expert officers.

Guitarist and singer Rick Derringer, who shot to fame at 17 when his band The McCoys recorded Hang On Sloopy, has died aged 77. He also had a hit with Rock and Roll, Hoochie Koo and earned a Grammy ...

Matthew Goode has said he was told “don’t read” the crime novel series Department Q before taking on a Netflix show based on the books. The British actor, 47, known for fantasy show A Discovery Of ...

Jack Trotter heard his girlfriend screaming his name before looking up to find himself face to face with the Ford Galaxy.

One of the three judges in the trial of seven health professionals accused of negligence in the death of Diego Maradona stepped down from the proceedings on Tuesday. Julieta Makintach had become ...

France’s lower house of parliament adopted a Bill on Tuesday to allow adults with incurable illness to take lethal medication, as public demands grow across Europe for legal end-of-life options. The ...

Thomas Parker, from Cumbria, was arrested on January 21 after he allegedly collected a package containing drugs from a ...

The video was taken from a support ship monitoring the Titan’s descent towards the wreck of the Titanic in June 2023.

Morenikeji Adewole, 47, from Dartford, Kent, is accused of raping a woman in his car near the nightclub in the early hours of November 1 2024.

Rawal Rehman, 36, of Lambton Road, Manchester, was given a 12-year sentence at Manchester Crown Court on Tuesday.

The Irish Government is to draft legislation to ban the trade of goods with Palestinian lands illegally occupied by Israeli settlements. Ireland’s deputy premier and foreign affairs minister Simon ...

The new HBO Harry Potter series has found their Harry, Hermione Granger, and Ron Weasley. A casting call, announced in September, saw around 32,000 children audition for the lead roles, with the team ...