A police sergeant was struck by a train while trying to help a distressed man two seconds after an order was given for officers to stay off the tracks, an inquest has heard. Nottingham Coroner’s Court ...

A single EuroMillions ticket-holder could become the UK’s biggest-ever lottery winner on Tuesday. The jackpot is an estimated £199 million and would be the largest prize the UK has seen, National ...

The BBC has been granted time to consider taking an appeal of a jury decision which found it had defamed Gerry Adams, before paying all costs and damages to the former Sinn Fein leader. Mr Adams took ...

A former victims commissioner has been appointed as a chief of a legal body that investigates potential miscarriages of justice to “win back” the trust it has lost from the public. Dame Vera Baird KC ...

The chairman of the Omagh Bombing Inquiry has rejected a bid by the Government to redact the names of junior civil servants in documents shared with other parties involved in the probe. The Northern ...

The number of jobs in the UK oil and gas sector could plunge to just 57,000 in the next few years, with a report warning there could be the equivalent of 400 cut every fortnight. That level of job ...

Dutch Prime Minister Dick Schoof said his coalition government will become a caretaker administration after far-right politician Geert Wilders pulled his ministers out of the Cabinet in a dispute ...

A four-year-old boy has died and two other people have been injured after two pickup trucks crashed down a country lane. Two men have been arrested in connection with the incident. Kent Police said it ...

A man has been arrested on suspicion of breaking into the grounds of Windsor Castle. Thames Valley Police said the man allegedly entered “restricted grounds” at the royal residence at just after 1pm ...

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Tourists have described their hotels shaking after a magnitude 5.8 earthquake hit western Turkey and nearby Greek islands on Tuesday morning. The earthquake which hit the Turkish resort town of ...

A JERSEY-BASED doctor who became addicted to vaping appeared on national television yesterday to warn about the potential hazards of the habit. Dr Marc Picot, who worked full-time as a GP until 2020, ...