Sir Keir Starmer has congratulated his Australian counterpart on winning a second term in office, saying the close ties between the two countries show “long-distance friendships can be the strongest”.

The Government’s Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill does not include a route to allow academies to return to local authority oversight.

Radio presenter Zoe Ball has returned to BBC Radio 2 four-and-a-half months after she left her breakfast show on the channel, jokingly declaring she is “back once again with the ill behaviour”. The 54 ...

Zhao has had an extraordinary journey to the Crucible final, fighting through four qualifying rounds before seeing off the likes of O’Sullivan.

Anthony Albanese has become the first Australian prime minister to win a second consecutive three-year term in 21 years. Opposition leader Peter Dutton conceded defeat in Saturday’s election, saying, ...

The Duke of Sussex spoke in a BBC television interview after losing the latest round in a court battle over his security.

A woman has died in the northern Greek city of Thessaloniki after a bomb she was carrying exploded in her hands. The 38-year-old woman was apparently carrying the bomb to place it outside a nearby ...

O’Sullivan’s bid for an eighth Crucible crown ended in a humiliating 17-7 loss to Zhao Xintong with a session to spare on Friday.

Assisted dying is about the “human cost” and not pounds and pence, the MP behind the proposed legislation has said after an assessment of the potential costs. An impact assessment into the Terminally ...

Early projections gave the ruling centre-left Labour Party 70 seats and the conservative opposition coalition 24.

FORENSIC investigators have been spotted at the scene of a serious incident in Longhedge today. According to locals, ambulances arrived at the scene in Davies Road at approximately 8.30am today, ...

Former Wycombe owner Rob Couhig has agreed a deal to take over Reading in principle and end the tumultuous reign under Dai Yongge. Reading announced that Redwood Holdings Limited, owned by Couhig and ...