US authorities say the person they believe carried out a school shooting in the state of Wisconsin was a 15-year-old female pupil. Wisconsin Police confirmed her identity as 15-year-old student ...

A lawyer defending rapper Jay-Z in his fight against rape allegations has outlined a range of evidence to prove accusations levied against the hitmaker are “provably, demonstrably false”.

Sara Sharif’s father and stepmother will be sentenced later for killing the 10-year-old after years of horrific abuse. Last week, Urfan Sharif, 42, and stepmother Beinash Batool, 30, were found guilty ...

Set a mammoth 658 to win by New Zealand, England faded away to 234 with injured captain Ben Stokes not batting.

Residents in parts of Surrey and south London have been told water supplies are “starting to return to normal” after a major fault at a water company’s treatment works. Sutton and East Surrey (SES) ...

England’s final Test of the year was heading towards a huge defeat as New Zealand moved in for the kill, despite Jacob Bethell’s latest eye-catching effort. Chasing a ridiculous target of 658 – a full ...

Alleged Chinese spy Yang Tengbo is said to have been a “close” confidant of the Duke of York and was pictured with politicians including Lord David Cameron and Baroness Theresa May. Mr Yang, 50, was ...

The Government faces renewed pressure to designate China a threat to national security after the naming of an alleged Chinese spy with close links to the Duke of York. Yang Tengbo, who denies ...

Friends of the Earth said that it and Greenpeace UK would intervene in support of five protesters seeking to appeal against their sentences.

Customers who suffer problems like low water pressure could receive payments of up to £250 – compared to the £25 currently available, Defra said.

Watson, 55, and the now-defunct company were found guilty last summer of charges including wire fraud conspiracy.

Liverpool has been named by GoFundMe as the UK’s most generous city in 2024 after its response to the Southport stabbings and subsequent disorder. Alice Dasilva Aguiar, nine, Bebe King, six, and Elsie ...