Two elderly residents have died after a stolen BMW which was being pursued by police crashed into a care home, a force has said. Highcliffe Care Home in Witherwack, Sunderland, had to be evacuated ...

Unite has also voted to ‘re-examine its relationship with Labour’, in a sign of a growing divide between the union and the Labour Party.

Andy Farrell’s side tackle an AUNZ Invitational XV containing 17 Wallabies and All Blacks on Saturday morning.

An ex-MP and aide of former prime minister Rishi Sunak has appeared in court accused of cheating by gambling on the date of the 2024 general election. Craig Williams, 40, who was Tory MP for ...

Liverpool have announced plans to pay tribute to Diogo Jota and his brother Andre Silva during Sunday’s pre-season friendly at Preston. The match at Deepdale will be the Reds’ first since Liverpool ...

The Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK( announced in May it would disband and renounce armed conflict, ending four decades of hostilities.

German tourist Carolina Wilga has been found alive in Australia’s Outback, 12 days after she went missing and a day after her abandoned van was discovered. The last-known sighting of the 26-year-old ...

A Russian drone barrage has targeted the centre of Kharkiv, injuring nine people and damaging a maternity hospital in Ukraine’s second-largest city. Mothers with newborns were being evacuated to a ...

It is “shameful” that a bonfire topped with effigies of migrants in a boat was allowed to go ahead, Amnesty International has said. There has been widespread condemnation from politicians and church ...

Wimbledon has told spectators to take time out of the sun after multiple tennis fans required medical assistance on Centre Court amid sweltering conditions. Temperatures are forecast to reach 32C on ...

A warning over an “extreme” risk of wildfires is in place for much of Scotland as the latest summer heatwave begins to hit the country. Health authorities and emergency services have urged Scots to ...