Fire engines raced to a town's market square after locals had raised the alarm as crews arrived on scene to find out the cause had been burnt cooking. Four fire crews, two from Oxfordshire and two ...

Hurricane Rafael weakened into a tropical storm Friday as it swirled through the Gulf of Mexico where it was expected to break apart after ploughing through Cuba. The storm knocked out the island’s ...

A police marksman who shot a man wrongly suspected of being a terrorist after the 7/7 London bombings said he was certain “we were going to die” if he did not act. Jean Charles de Menezes was killed a ...

Dozens of green groups are urging Sir Keir Starmer to “stay strong and not waver” on climate leadership following Donald ...

An Asian elephant has been not-so-secretly filmed showering with a water hose at a zoo in Germany, in what scientists ...

The 13-and-a-half-year jail sentence for a dangerous driver who ploughed into a group of friends – killing two teenagers and ...

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has predicted that a new US administration under Donald Trump will cease providing ...

Authorities in eastern Pakistan have closed public parks, zoos, museums, historical buildings and playgrounds for 10 days as ...

Israeli football fans have been attacked after a match in Amsterdam, with five people admitted to hospital and 62 arrested, ...

It is understood Transport for London has told the Aslef union it will set out an initial proposal on an average four-day working week in January.

OXFORD United’s search for an elusive first away win of the season goes on after the U’s suffered a one-goal defeat at Watford. Vakoun Bayo scored the only goal of the game nine minutes into the ...

Seven Scots including firefighters and police officers who died in the line of duty are to be among the first people to receive an Elizabeth Emblem. The award recognises police officers, firefighters ...