A Syrian former equestrian champion has told how he was jailed and tortured for 21 years after he beat Bashar al Assad's ...

Two women have died following a stabbing in Milton Keynes on Christmas Day, police said. A dog injured in the incident in ...

A killer whale mother who carried her dead calf for 17 days in an apparent show of grief has given birth to a new calf, ...

A man has been charged with murdering a woman whose body was found nine days after she went missing. Police said extensive ...

A man has been arrested after a woman in her 80s was killed in a Christmas Day motorway crash. A white Ford Fiesta and a ...

On this day 20 years ago, the world looked aghast as the deadliest tsunami in history ripped across the Indian Ocean. It took ...

The Azerbaijan Airlines plane that crashed killing 38 people was downed by a Russian air defence system, according to four Reuters sources.

The family of Gavin & Stacey star Laura Aikman only found out she was returning to the sitcom while they watched the finale on Christmas Day. The 39-year-old actress shared a video on her Instagram ...

There's been a huge increase in animal neglect and abandonment in England and Wales and the RSPCA's rescue centres are ...

The possibility that a power cable under the Baltic Sea between Finland and Estonia has been sabotaged is being investigated ...

Indonesia and Thailand are marking 20 years since a tsunami caused the death of hundreds of thousands of people in one of the ...

The promenade at Totland Bay, linking the Waterfront Restaurant and Widdick Chine has reopened - just in time for New Year's ...