A Japanese police chief has apologised in person to 88-year-old Iwao Hakamada after he was kept on death row for more than 50 years until last month, when he was acquitted in a retrial.

Reports suggest that ITV Coronation Street writers will be killing off Les Battersby after appearing on the soap for nearly 30 years.

Victoria Thomas Bowen, 25, also admitted criminal damage when she appeared at Westminster Magistrates’ Court on Monday.

Consumer confidence across UK households improved this month amid a boost from easing inflation, according to new data. The S&P Global UK Consumer Sentiment Index (CSI) survey moved closer towards the ...

Kyle Telemaque, 19, from Ely, has pleaded guilty to rioting following the deaths of Kyrees Sullivan, 16, and Harvey Evans, 15.

A stretch of the M25 is expected to remain closed until at least midday after a truck burst into flames following a crash last night.

The Dartford Crossing East Tunnel and a stretch of the M25 remains closed after two separate and unrelated incidents.

Lidia Thorpe, who campaigns on First Nations issues, disrupted Charles’s welcome to the capital Canberra with her outburst.

Fethullah Gulen, a reclusive US-based Islamic cleric who inspired a global social movement while facing accusations he masterminded a failed 2016 coup in his native Turkey, has died, officials said.

The assassination attempt against former US president Donald Trump at a Pennsylvania rally in July was “preventable and should not have happened”, according to a bipartisan investigation into the ...

Police have issued an update regarding the condition of a driver after a truck fire on the M25. Emergency services attended the scene of the fire between J5 near Sevenoaks and J6 near Godstone shortly ...

The Israeli military has apologised over a strike that killed three Lebanese soldiers in southern Lebanon the previous day. It said it is not battling the Lebanese military, and claimed its soldiers ...