A jet of water about 100ft high sprayed across Sneedhams Green in Matson, Gloucester, during the incident on Wednesday. One house adjacent to the leak was battered by the jet stream, and the water ...

Relatives have paid tribute to a “proud Irishman” who was fatally injured while out running errands. John Mackey, 87, had been to the supermarket and a kebab shop in Manor House, north London, on the ...

The director general of the BBC Tim Davie has said people need to follow the broadcaster’s social media rules when asked about the row involving football pundit Gary Lineker.

Tom Fletcher, head of the UN Office for the Co-ordination of Humanitarian Affairs and previously a foreign affairs specialist to three UK prime ministers, has condemned Israel for “deliberately and ...

Plaid Cymru’s Westminster leader Liz Saville Roberts criticised the language used by the Prime Minister, saying ‘somebody here has to call ...

Mullins has won the Ascot Stakes four times in the past, including in 2012 with Simenon, who a year later was denied by Queen Elizabeth II’s Gold Cup winner Estimate – who is the dam of Reaching High ...

Mr Adams is suing the BBC over what he has called a ‘grievous smear’ that alleged he sanctioned the killing of a former Sinn Fein official.

The Opposition leader said agreements with Narendra Modi and Donald Trump’s governments are ‘tiny tariff’ deals.

A window tax was first imposed in England in 1696 where households would have to pay a tax if they had more than a certain number of windows – initially 10. The window tax was repealed in 1851. The ...

The Justice Secretary will set out plans to address prison overcrowding amid suggestions criminals could be released after serving just a third of their sentences. A written statement is expected to ...

The English top flight confirmed its plans on Wednesday, with transfer windows closing at 7pm rather than 11pm.

Police found the explosion that killed Archie York, seven, and Jason Laws, 35, in Newcastle was caused by a butane gas build-up in a drugs lab.