This figure has been on the rise since 1990 in England and Wales, official data shows.

About 50 properties were damaged and several people had to be rescued in the Cornish village.

Schools are urged to practice for emergency situations such as chemical incidents or bomb threats.

Family and friends meet at dawn on a Sydney beach to mourn the passing of Justine Damond, an Australian woman fatally shot by US police.

Rising employment and falling incomes among the richest has cit the gap between rich and poor, a new report says.

The UK state pension age will now be increased from 67 to 68 by 2039, the government says.

Eleven years after the demise of Top of the Pops, a weekly music show is coming back to the BBC.

A previously undisclosed meeting has been confirmed by the White House following media reports.