A Kentucky sheriff has been charged with murdering a judge who was shot dead in his courthouse chambers. A preliminary investigation indicates Letcher County Sheriff Shawn Stines shot District Judge ...

The Liverpool goalkeeper has played every match for club and country this season after featuring at the Copa America in the summer.

A policymaker at the Bank of England has said interest rates need to stay higher for longer in order to “purge” the risks to UK inflation. Catherine Mann, an economist and member of the Bank’s ...

Scientists say that testing for fatty acids could make it easier to identify children at risk of various conditions.

A cheap and widely available antidepressant has shown to be “unexpectedly effective” in treating aggressive brain tumours, scientists have said. Vortioxetine is recommended by the National Institute ...

Health and safety experts are calling for urgent action to tackle an “epidemic” of long working hours. It follows a study by the Institution of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH) which suggested ...

A huge king penguin chick named Pesto, who weighs as much as his parents combined, has become a social media celebrity and a star attraction at an Australian aquarium. Weighing 22kg at nine months old ...

Jess Phillips said the Government has had ‘robust’ conversations with Serco, who took over the Ministry of Justice’s (MoJ) tagging contract ...

The gold Aston Martin DB5 model was created to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the James Bond film Goldfinger.

Janine Edgar, from Suffolk, discovered she had bladder cancer when a growth was spotted at the 20-week ultrasound scan for her first baby.

Britain’s biggest water company currently has only enough funding to see it through to the end of May next year, and is scrambling for fresh cash.

Retail sales rose 1 last month as warmer weather and end-of-season deals helped to boost supermarkets and clothes stores.