Lucy Hargreaves, 22, was asleep on the sofa when three men burst into her home in Walton, Liverpool, on August 3 2005 and fatally injured her.

The NHS maintained care for an estimated 10,000 more patients during the latest doctors’ strike compared with last year’s industrial action. Early data shows that 93% of planned operations, tests and ...

As numbers surge this year, Butterfly Conservation said sightings in unexpected places tell an important story about climate change.

Rescue teams have found a body inside a section of a copper mine in Chile that collapsed two days earlier during a moderate earthquake, the mine’s director said on Saturday.

Anyone who advertises Channel crossings or fake passports on social media could face up to five years in prison under new plans to crack down on smuggling gangs. Ministers are seeking to create a new ...

Negotiators looking to secure the world’s first treaty to combat plastic pollution are under pressure to secure an ambitious deal this week after previous talks ended without consensus. Countries will ...

Kemi Badenoch has said Rachel Reeves is making “even bigger mistakes” than Liz Truss. The Tory leader hit out at the Chancellor and the Prime Minister for their economic decisions as she drew a ...

The Home Secretary plans to introduce a fast-track scheme to tackle the asylum backlog that aims to turn around decisions within weeks. Yvette Cooper said Labour was planning a “major overhaul” of the ...

A watchdog has appointed interim managers to take over the running of an animal charity linked to Boris Johnson’s wife. The Aspinall Foundation is facing an investigation by the Charity Commission ...

Morriss sees penalty saved >Ahadme scores twice in quick succession at start of second half ...

“The only clear and enforceable plan is the Conservative Deportation Bill, a no-nonsense strategy that allows us to detain illegal arrivals immediately and remove them without delay. The British ...

SOUTHEND United boss Kevin Maher is not concerned by the Shrimpers' lack of goals in pre-season. This afternoon's 3-0 defeat to Charlton Athletic at Roots Hall means Blues have scored just once in ...