Lord Lamont of Lerwick warned that a rival payments system would be a ‘major threat to the Western-led financial system’ if ...

A man accused of murdering his brother-in-law and attempting to murder three others during a shooting spree on Skye was “fully in control” of his actions, a jury has been told.

A top Romanian court has asked the official electoral authority to recount and verify all of the ballots cast in the first round of the presidential election. The Constitutional Court in Bucharest ...

A woman in her 70s died in hospital following a fall, an inquest opening has heard. Erica Jill Killoh, of Orchard Way, Chinnor, died on Wednesday, November 13 at Stoke Mandeville Hospital in Aylesbury ...

There is a “likelihood” a two-year-old boy, whose body was found in his home, might still be alive if his father had not died, an pre-inquest hearing has heard. Bronson Battersby was discovered ...

A UK ticket-holder has come forward to claim the £177 million jackpot from Tuesday’s EuroMillions draw, which will make them the third biggest National Lottery winner of all time. The claim will now ...

Nearly 25 million people are in urgent need of humanitarian assistance, according to development minister Anneliese Dodds.

A University of Reading student has been reported missing after disappearing over 24 hours ago and is believed to be in the Oxford area. Fintan, whose surname has not been disclosed, was last seen on ...

The former Tory minister will run for the newly created role of Greater Lincolnshire Mayor in the May local elections.

Scotland’s police chief has said the force has a “resolute determination” to solve the murder of a banker who was shot on his doorstep exactly 20 years ago. Father-of-two Alistair Wilson, 30, was ...

Unite, one of Labour’s major donors, has repeatedly called on the Government to abandon its decision to means test the winter fuel payment.

The Oxford University chancellor election votes breakdown has been revealed with Lord Peter Mandelson suffering an early exit. Lord William Hague was announced as the new chancellor of the university ...