In the six-province Bicol region at least 20 people died, including seven in the city of Naga city, which was inundated by ...

Activity across the UK’s private sector slipped to an 11-month low in October, amid growing business uncertainty ahead of the Autumn Budget. The S&P Global flash UK composite purchasing managers’ ...

Odegaard has not featured for Arsenal since damaging ankle ligaments at the end of August during Norway’s Nations League win against Austria.

France will provide a 100-million euro (£83.3 million) aid package to support Lebanon, French President Emmanuel Macron has told an international conference in Paris. Mr Macron said “in the immediate ...

More than seven in 10 appointments for dementia clinics in Nationwide Building Society branches have been booked by women. The gender disparity reflects women disproportionately bearing caregiving ...

A massive solar farm, which aims to generate power for 115,000 homes, has been proposed between Selby and Tadcaster.

Fast-growing chickens which reach their slaughter weight quicker than other types are the equivalent of a 28-stone (177.7kg) three-year-old, the Court of Appeal has heard. Animal welfare charity, The ...

Demand for drinking water could outstrip supply in the 2030s unless new reservoirs are built, Environment Secretary Steve Reed has warned. He said the UK risks being like some countries in the ...

A stuck lorry has caused a busy road through a North Yorkshire attraction to be blocked both ways. North Yorkshire Police said they are on the scene at the A170 at Sutton Bank following the incident.

Some 292 people made the journey, arriving in the UK in five boats on Wednesday, according to latest Home Office data.

A Bahamian foreign affairs minister has said a discussion should take place about the ‘ill effects’ of the slave trade.

Turkey struck suspected Kurdish militant targets in Syria and Iraq for a second day following an attack on the premises of a key defence company which killed at least five people, the state-run news ...