A mother left her four young sons home alone to go shopping “several” times before they were killed in a house fire while she was at Sainsbury’s, their great-grandmother has said.

The chairwoman of the UK Covid-19 Inquiry has expressed concern at the possibility that statistics around ethnic background are not compiled in the Northern Ireland health service. The issue arose ...

A teacher who was found not guilty of a racially aggravated public order offence after holding a placard at a pro-Palestine protest depicting Rishi Sunak and Suella Braverman as coconuts has made a ...

Figures for the number of miners inside the mine at the time have fluctuated since a methane gas leak on Saturday sparked an explosion.

The latest threat by Kim Jong Un’s powerful sister came after North Korea raised regional tensions by unveiling a uranium-enrichment facility.

Defence Secretary John Healey is expected to chair a Cobra meeting on Tuesday amid rising tensions in the Middle East, the PA news agency understands. The emergency meeting in London will take place ...

Police in northern Switzerland said on Tuesday that several people have been detained and a criminal case opened in connection with the suspected death of a person in a new “suicide capsule”.

Everton’s announcement that agreement has been reached for the Friedkin Group to take over the club has been welcomed by Liverpool Mayor Steve Rotheram. The news came via a joint statement on Monday ...

A raft of customers of high street lender TSB have been left without benefit and salary payments due to a systems error in the latest in a series of online banking glitches. TSB said the problems ...

Sport is a “miracle cure” that can “transform” people’s lives and communities, an Olympic gold medallist has told delegates at the Labour Party Conference. At the summer Olympics in Paris, Imogen ...

A letter from Fujitsu director Paul Patterson to Post Office boss Nick Read was shown to the Horizon IT inquiry on Tuesday.

Erik ten Hag warned expanded schedules are making injuries almost unavoidable for overloaded players as Manchester United prepare for their opener in the new-look Europa League. Revamped European ...