Crooked funeral director Robert Bush spent more than £42,000 on holidays while he was defrauding scores of customers, a court has heard. Bush, 48, is to be sentenced for 67 offences spanning 12 years ...

Oscar-winning Irish musician and activist Glen Hansard died in a motorcycle crash in Dublin in the early hours of Wednesday, sources said. Hansard, 56, was the frontman for the Irish band The Frames, ...

Lauren Cox hopes her brilliant Commonwealth bronze will provide a platform for the Los Angeles Olympics. The Leamington Spa swimmer, 24, finished third in her 50m backstroke event in Glasgow to follow ...

Dua Lipa has announced the line-up for her curation of the London Literature Festival. The Don’t Start Now singer, 30, who runs her own book club called Service95, will be in conversation with author ...

The Prime Minister was asked about his position on assisted dying as MPs are set to again debate a Bill which is designed to legalise it.

The Football Association has said it is “deeply concerned” by FIFA’s plan to sell stakes in its major competitions. FIFA announced on Tuesday proposals to set up a private company to run its ...

The 35-year-old former England striker emerged on Monday as a surprise candidate to bolster the Blues’ forward line.

Andy Burnham has said it was a “major dereliction of public duty” that politicians had failed for decades to resolve the crisis in social care. The Prime Minister said the blame lies with “my ...

The husband of a woman who was murdered in Renfrewshire had been charged with assaulting her weeks before her death. Stacy Mair, 35, was found dead in a cottage in the village of Houston at about ...

Justin Langer insisted he has not had any contact over the vacant England Test coach role but hinted he could be interested in the post. The former Australia coach, who is currently leading the ...

The extreme heat strips moisture from vegetation and drives humidity down, turning grasses, brush and forest litter into ...

Mortgage lending was higher last month despite increases in rates for homeowners, according to Bank of England figures. The central bank said in its regular money and credit report that net borrowing ...