A “jealous” woman who stabbed her ex-partner in the heart on Christmas Day after seeing his Tinder profile has been jailed for life with a minimum term of 25 years. Kirsty Carless, 33, plunged a knife ...

Pope Leo XIV has decided to declare St John Henry Newman a “doctor” of the church, bestowing one of the Catholic Church’s highest honours on the deeply influential 19th century Anglican convert who ...

Liverpool head coach Arne Slot insisted the club would never hesitate to sign a player if the chance presented itself. Despite having spent close to £300million already this summer, the Reds continue ...

A teenage girl who fled a police vehicle and was killed after being hit by a car on the motorway had been able to remove her handcuffs and climb from the back to the front seat, it has emerged. Tamzin ...

A group of elderly people trapped in a flooded nursing home were among at least 70 people who died during powerful storms that lashed Beijing and neighbouring provinces, Chinese officials have said.

Change is coming to the Hundred, with overseas investors set to press ahead with team name changes, a potential switch to the T20 format and future participation in a Champions League competition.

Nearly one in five adult prisons in England and Wales have had serious concerns raised about their performance, the highest number since the current system of inspections began. Some 22 jails – 18.5% ...

A 76-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of administering poison at a summer camp which led to eight children being taken to hospital. Police responded to a report of children feeling unwell ...

Stop the War Coalition chairman Alex Kenny and Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament general secretary Sophie Bolt have pleaded not guilty to failing to comply with a condition imposed on a pro-Palestinian ...

A taxi driver who is believed to have received one of the longest sentences for the disorder that followed the Southport attack last summer has lost a bid to appeal against his prison term. Andrew ...

A police officer in Northern Ireland has been sacked after sending “highly inappropriate and offensive” messages via WhatsApp. The office of the Police Ombudsman said the messages, which were sent ...

England flanker Abi Burton will make her first Test start in Saturday’s World Cup warm-up match against Spain in Leicester. The 25-year-old Trailfinders player scored two tries as a replacement on her ...