General Sir Gwyn Jenkins has been named as the new head of the Royal Navy, the Ministry of Defence said, following the earlier than expected departure of his predecessor. Royal Marine Sir Gwyn ...

Armed officers were called to Huyton, Merseyside on Wednesday following a report that a man in his 20s and woman in her 50s had been stabbed.

The report recommended that Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke, who at 22 is New Zealand’s youngest politician, be suspended from parliament for seven days. The co-leaders of her political party, Rawiri ...

Pullman Car No 246 ‘Lydia’ was used during crucial wartime strategy meetings ahead of D-Day and later during Churchill’s ...

For the second time this month, Sir Lindsay Hoyle berated ministers in the chamber for making policy announcements to the media.

The chair of the Royal College of GPs also told the BBC this week that doctors have “real concerns about the practical and legal implications of a change in the law on assisted dying”, which she said ...

A charity has served 200 meals at a VE Day beacon lighting event in Colchester. The Rapid Relief Team (RRT) helped the Colchester community celebrate the 80th anniversary of Victory in Europe Day at ...

East Anglia's Children's Hospices (EACH) has launched a volunteer recruitment campaign. The Care to Help initiative, started yesterday, aims to encourage more people to assist in its shops and Retail ...

The British endurance swimmer says ‘I’m frightened of sharks but I’m really frightened of a world without sharks’ ahead of his latest swim.

It’s clear we need to do more to improve the resilience of our transport energy infrastructure,’ Paul Kohler MP warned.

A veteran broadcast journalist has been appointed head of news and current affairs at BBC Scotland. Howard Simpson, who has almost two decades of experience, will take over from Gary Smith who is ...

First-look images of Dame Joan Collins as Wallis Simpson in The Bitter End have been revealed. Directed by Mike Newell, the movie will follow Simpson, the American divorcee who became the Duchess Of ...