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A teenage girl died trying to save her seven-year-old cousin who “got into trouble” as the tide came in on West Mersea beach, ...

Vincent Kearney, now the northern editor at RTÉ, brought legal action against MI5 and police forces at a specialist tribunal.

The European Commission handed out two separate fines worth 460 million euros (£392 million) and 430 million euros (£367 million).

The National Portrait Gallery is to close for a day following an “unexpected” power outage. The central London venue, which is currently hosting the Marilyn Monroe: A Portrait exhibition, said all ...

The number of homicides involving a knife or sharp instrument recorded annually by police in England and Wales has fallen to its lowest level for 35 years. Some 176 knife homicides were logged by ...

Mohammad Bashir drove Jihad Al-Shamie on a 10-hour round trip to conduct hostile reconnaissance at the UK’s Defence Academy ...

The local council asked people to consider making donations to local causes instead of leaving floral tributes.

Thompson's bid for a historic third consecutive Commonwealth Games title is over before it has even begun. Johnson-Thompson is thought to have prioritised her bid for a first-ever European title in ...

A COMMUNITY bid to take over the site of the former Kerelaw School has finally taken another step forward. Campaign group Stevenston Community Company says the 17-hectare site, comprising woodland, ...

But as a minority of women competing in the gender-integrated sport, Haeger realises how important her position is to cultivate the pathways for those younger than herself. She said: “I think for the ...