A rescue operation was launched on Wednesday off the coast of Calais after a life jacket was spotted in the sea.

The Beechgrove Garden presenter Jim McColl has died, with the 89-year-old remembered as a “local hero and national treasure”. McColl hosted the gardening programme on BBC Scotland for 41 years, from ...

A number of searches have been carried out in the Republic of Ireland and Spain as part of an investigation into transnational organised crime. Irish police said a crime gang is suspected to be ...

Micky van de Ven is determined to end Tottenham’s trophy drought and achieve “beautiful things” at the club.

A man has appeared before a crown court judge charged with the murder of a woman who was found unconscious after taking her dog for a walk. Mother-of-six Anita Rose left her house to take her springer ...

Caelan Doris will captain Ireland in an Autumn Nations Series that begins against New Zealand on November 8. Back-row forward Doris led Ireland to a Guinness Six Nations victory over Italy earlier ...

Alice Hemmings, the mother of Eddie Ratcliffe, said in a statement read at the inquest into Brianna’s death at Warrington Coroner’s Court that her son had “good morals.” She said: “Eddie is a good ...

An attack on the premises of the Turkish state-run aerospace and defence company TUSAS has left a number of people dead or injured, according to the interior minister. Ali Yerlikaya did not provide ...

A former neighbour has told jurors that 10-year-old Sara Sharif’s stepmother once slammed the door in her face after the “constant screaming and crying” coming from the flat reached “fever pitch”.

Critically endangered Siamese crocodiles have staged a comeback in Cambodia – with a little help from an unlikely ally.

The ‘greatest of all time’ debate has divided the football world for a generation of fans, as Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo put ...

The identity of firearms officers will be kept secret if they are prosecuted unless they are convicted, the Home Secretary announced in the wake of the Chris Kaba case.