The task force was set up after Russian President Vladimir Putin called on authorities to ramp up the response to the spill.

An American writer living in Edinburgh has said it is “heartbreaking” to see her former home in the Pacific Palisades ravaged ...

Emergency services found a vehicle had entered a water treatment facility and was partly submerged in a pit of water, police said.

Richard Stacey, 37, has been charged with attempted child abduction, assault and affray, West Midlands Police said.

North Yorkshire Police Constable Rosie Prior’s family described her as “a loving mum, wife, daughter, sister, aunty” who will be ...

Shadow chancellor Mel Stride defended his party leader Kemi Badenoch after criticism of her lack of policy decisions.

Police are continuing their searches around the River Dee for two sisters who disappeared from Aberdeen five days ago. Eliza and Henrietta Huszti, both 32, were last seen on CCTV in the city’s Market ...

The widow of Alex Salmond says comments from those “determined to damage” her late husband’s reputation are unfair and distressing, urging critics to “let Alex rest in peace”. Moira Salmond’s ...

Police were called to Rochdale Road at 11.30pm on Saturday to reports of a stabbing, Greater Manchester Police said.

Ukraine’s forces have captured two North Korean soldiers fighting alongside Russian forces in Russia’s Kursk border region, ...

It has previously been reported that Stephen Mulhern has an annual income of around £800,000. His net worth was predicted to be around £5 million, increasing dramatically from previous years. This ...

Kinbrace in northern Scotland saw the lowest overnight temperature with minus 13.9C overnight, the Met Office said.