Andrew James, aged 42, orchestrated a plan to steal a man's watch at the Castle & Falcon pub in Balsall Heath, which led to accomplice Abdoulie Anderson, 21, shooting a security guard

Parliament has backed calls for the release of two South African businessmen illegally imprisoned in Equatorial Guinea.

Voters in 10 states will consider whether or not to protect or expand abortion rights in November. That includes battleground states such as Arizona and Nevada and such Republican strongholds as South Dakota and Missouri.

Four men have been jailed or a total of more than 20 years after an attempted robbery at the Castle & Falcon pub in Balsall Heath led to a doorman being shot

Females born in Scotland between 2021 and 2023 are expected to live until 80.9 years, while males born over the same period are expected to live to 76.9 years

U.S. Presidential Elections: 21 million Americans have voted early in the U.S. elections, with Republicans leading in early voting.

21 million Americans have voted early in the U.S. Presidential elections, with Republicans leading in early voting.

An area-wide Public Space Protection Order prohibits car cruise gatherings and related anti-social behaviour

She served in the ex-Bristol mayor's city council cabinet and also has the support of both former deputy mayors

Elections today can generate a lot of noise. The rise of digital media means that, in addition to 24-hour cable news, social media features prominently in campaigns and elections.

Police sped to Norris Green Park in Liverpool last night following reports of a 14-year-old girl attacked over a row with a group of males.

GOP vice presidential nominee JD Vance talked housing and immigration at a rally in Las Vegas on Wednesday morning.

Benjamin Kirk was part of a group chat titled 'Band of Brothers' that shared derogatory, racist and pornographic content

Australia's largest media study tracking gender bias in news reporting reveals a mixed report card for newsrooms.

Masked off-road bikers and drug dealing gangs running amok

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz to discuss Indian child Ariha Shah's custody during India visit, seeking cultural solution.

He said this in response to a query during a press interaction held at his residence in New Delhi on what Germany was willing to do bring over three-year-old Ariha back and whether her issue will be raised at the 'highest level'.

Police are investigating the death of a 19-year-old Walmart employee who was found dead in the store’s walk-in oven on Saturday in Canada. 

Life expectancy in Scotland is the lowest in western Europe, despite latest statistics showing a slight rise in average longevity.

First lady Jill Biden stumped for Vice President Kamala Harris in Las Vegas morning, headlining a pair of events to encourage voters to cast a ballot early and to highlight women’s “Rep...

With millions of US voters already heading to the polls, Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris will seek support from undecided voters at...

SDLP leader Claire Hanna has called for an “urgent” response to the femicide crisis in Nothern Ireland. Speaking in the House of Commons yesterday afternoon, the MP for South Belfast and Mid Down raised the “damning statistics” relating to attacks against women and girls in the North. “Violence against women and girls demands an immediate and deep response,” Ms Hanna said, “Recent murders of women have contributed to a femicide rate twice as high as Britain,” she added. SDLP Leader Claire Hanna made the call in Westminster “We need to think very deeply about the society and culture that is manifesting in this way.” Earlier this month 22-year-old Mary Ward was found dead in her Belfast home. She was the fourth woman to be murdered in Northern Ireland in a six-week period. Speaking at the time, PSNI Detective Chief Superintendent Lindsay Fisher said the rate of violent crimes against women in the North was “appalling”. Over the past eight years, 42 females have been killed in the North. The victims were all aged…

'This former officer posted and failed to challenge a series of abhorrent and grossly offensive messages. The public will be rightly horrified by his behaviour'

Harris seeks support from undecided voters in Pennsylvania while Trump campaigns in Georgia with Tucker Carlson and Robert F Kennedy Jr.

Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris told a town hall in Pennsylvania that her administration would be different from that of President Joe Biden's, as Republican Donald Trump campaigned in Georgia, another battleground state.