Anthony Albanese has become the first Australian prime minister to win a second consecutive three-year term in 21 years.

Vote counting has begun in Australia’s general election after polling stations closed in the country’s populous eastern ...

Mark Fairhurst of the Prison Officers’ Association said overcrowding and violence were his members’ key concerns.

Dorothea Barron, 100, said she swapped her school uniform for a naval uniform in 1943, despite being below the 5ft 3in minimum height.

Radio presenter Zoe Ball has returned to BBC Radio 2 four-and-a-half months after she left her breakfast show on the channel, jokingly declaring she is “back once again with the ill behaviour”. The 54 ...

Sir Keir Starmer has congratulated his Australian counterpart on winning a second term in office, saying the close ties between the two countries show “long-distance friendships can be the strongest”.

The Government’s Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill does not include a route to allow academies to return to local authority oversight.

The Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution described the party as a threat to the country’s democratic order.

A woman has died in the northern Greek city of Thessaloniki after a bomb she was carrying exploded in her hands. The 38-year-old woman was apparently carrying the bomb to place it outside a nearby ...

The Duke of Sussex spoke in a BBC television interview after losing the latest round in a court battle over his security.

A woman has said she is “thrilled” after becoming the first person to be crowned Flatpack world champion. The Flatpack World ...