A dog believed to be an XL bully was destroyed by police in Manchester after officers were called to reports of “men with machetes”. The incident happened as Greater Manchester Police (GMP) officers ...

Halle Berry, Jeremy Strong and Indian filmmaker Payal Kapadia will be among the jury members at this year’s Cannes Film Festival deciding the Palme d’Or winner. Festival organisers have unveiled the ...

A teacher and school counsellor has been identified as one of the 11 people killed when a driver ploughed a vehicle through a crowd at a Filipino heritage festival in Vancouver over the weekend. Kira ...

The main cause of Gene Hackman’s death was heart disease, but he was also in the advanced stages of Alzheimer’s and was likely to have not eaten for a long time, according to a new post-mortem ...

Jess Phillips has suggested she is open to co-operating with Rupert Lowe’s private inquiry into grooming gangs. The Home Office minister said she was “more than happy” to meet the Independent MP to ...

A preferred buyer for the UK’s largest water company would “multiply” the problems of the troubled utility firm, it has been warned at Westminster. Concerns over the selection by Thames Water of US ...

Iran has finally extinguished a fire at a southern port rocked by an explosion as the death toll in the blast rose to at least 70 people. Satellite images analysed by the Associated Press also showed ...

Monday was the hottest day of the year so far with temperatures set to increase further this week, the Met Office has said. The weather service said the highest temperature recorded on Monday was ...

The sugar tax applied to fizzy drinks is set to be extended to milkshakes and similar treats under Government proposals. Plans to end the exemption from the levy for dairy-based drinks, as well as non ...

Sir Keir Starmer has hosted the head of the Palestinian Authority as the UK Government announced a £101 million funding package for the occupied territories in a show of the UK’s “steadfast support”.

Home Office minister Jess Phillips said she expects local inquiries into grooming gangs will “go further” than the five already announced. During an urgent question in the Commons, Ms Phillips also ...

Belfast rap trio Kneecap are a “hate fest” that “promote division”, DUP leader Gavin Robinson has said. The Belfast East MP said that the promoter of a Kneecap gig in Belfast in August has questions ...