Nearly half a million shoplifting offences were recorded by police in England and Wales in a year, the highest 12-month total on record, figures show. A total of 492,914 offences were logged by forces ...

Emma Raducanu has taken a wild card into the WTA tournament in Abu Dhabi next week and will play in qualifying for the first time since winning the US Open.

The number of mortgage approvals to home buyers edged upwards month-on-month in December, according to Bank of England figures. Some 66,526 deals got the green light, up from 66,061 the previous month ...

Police want to speak to this woman after a woman’s purse was snatched from her bag while sat in a café and her card used.

Lloyds bank in Bishop Auckland is set to close in May, becoming the latest bank to close its outlet in the County Durham town.

Targett, who joined Newcastle on a permanent basis in the summer of 2022 for a fee of around £12m following a successful initial loan spell from Aston Villa, is due to enter the final year of his ...

The decision to grant consent to the Rosebank and Jackdaw oil and gas fields will now be reconsidered, taking into account downstream emissions.

Shyam Rana, Anna Daniell and Melanie Johnson have been recognised with the Humanitarian Medal for their responses to major disasters.

Salwan Momika, 38, got worldwide publicity and caused anger in Muslim countries when he burned the religion’s holy book.

A union has criticised plans to make almost 100 redundancies at mapping service Ordnance Survey. Prospect said laying off 95 skilled staff was “short sighted” and counter to the Government’s growth ...

Last April, a magnitude 7.4 quake hit the island’s mountainous eastern coastal county of Hualien, killing at least 13 people, injuring more than 1,000 others, collapsing a hotel and forcing the ...

A van burst into flames on the A168 this morning with plumes of thick black smoke seen rising from the vehicle.