Daniel Graham and Adam Carruthers were convicted of causing criminal damage to the much-loved tree following a trial at Newcastle Crown Court.

Victory Day is one of the country’s biggest secular holidays, commemorating the 27 million Russians lost in the war.

Gurvinder Singh Johal, said to have been known to friends as Danny, was pronounced dead at the scene in Derby.

Sir Keir Starmer said the trade agreement struck on Thursday is a ‘historic’ deal, but economists played down the benefits for the economy ...

Pope Leo XIV, history’s first North American pope, is celebrating his first Mass as pontiff in the Sistine Chapel. Cardinals elected the Chicago-born Augustinian missionary Robert Prevost to succeed ...

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The Metropolitan Police is investigating the importation of a lethal chemical known to be sold online to suicidal people, after five London deaths.

A points failure means London Victoria services and the Gatwick Express are cancelled.

The King has joined world and religious leaders in congratulating the new Pope Leo XIV on the pontiff’s first full day as leader of the Catholic Church. The first ever American pontiff’s election has ...

Ms Kuldeep Stohr, who specialises in paediatric surgery, was suspended earlier this year from her role at Addenbrooke’s Hospital in Cambridge.

A detective inspector was assigned to lead the investigation, despite criminal damage usually being categorised as a more minor crime. Indeed, when the case came to trial, the Crown Prosecution ...