FOURTEEN Government employees received more than £870,000 in settlement packages last year, costing the taxpayer almost four-times as much as the previous year. The recently-published States of Jersey ...

A Holocaust survivor has paid tribute to the “high risks” people took to help Jews during the Second World War. Jacques Weisser, 83, was born in Antwerp during the war and subsequently hidden when his ...

Sir Keir Starmer has rejected calls for a U-turn over the decision to strip winter fuel payments from millions of pensioners after Labour suffered a backlash at the ballot box. The Prime Minister ...

The Wagatha Christie libel battle between Rebekah Vardy and Coleen Rooney appeared to come to an end on Tuesday, more than five years since the viral social media post at the heart of the dispute. Mrs ...

The Kremlin has announced that Russian president Vladimir Putin will travel to China at the end of August, reciprocating Chinese leader Xi Jinping’s visit to Russia this week. Mr Putin’s foreign ...

England bowler Brydon Carse is set to end a three-month injury lay-off by lining up in Durham’s next match. The seamer, who enjoyed a fine start to his Test career during winter tours to Pakistan and ...

Friedrich Merz has finally succeeded in his bid to become the next German chancellor during a second vote in parliament, hours after he suffered a historic defeat in the first round. The conservative ...

Reform UK’s newest MP has taken her seat in the House of Commons after her by-election success over Labour. Sarah Pochin was flanked by party leader Nigel Farage and chief whip Lee Anderson as she ...

Police have named a 13-year-old boy who died after being pulled from a canal. Delvin Musakwa, 13, from Exeter, died in hospital following the incident on Monday afternoon. Emergency services were ...

John Swinney promised Scots will benefit from 100,000 more GP appointments as he announced his “programme for a better Scotland” – which will also see peak-time rail fares scrapped “for good”. The ...

The UK and India have sealed a free trade agreement, in a deal which is hoped will boost sectors hardest hit by Donald Trump’s tariffs. The deal, announced on Tuesday afternoon, will mean dramatic ...

Kemi Badenoch insisted she was “confident” she would lead the Conservatives into the next general election following the party’s drubbing last week. On a visit to a school in Putney, south-west London ...