Emergency services attended the scene in Sunderland where the boy had sustained serious injuries consistent with being caused by a bladed article.

Russian attacks targeting the eastern Ukrainian city of Kharkiv have killed at least four people and wounded more than two dozen others, officials said. The first wave on Ukraine’s second-largest city ...

The animal will live out its life at Hillside Animal Sanctuary in Norfolk after being safely corralled by council street cleaning staff.

Thunderstorms are on the cards for many parts of England on Saturday, forecasters say. Plenty of showers may arrive as “a particularly intense” band of rain charges east through the South and West – “ ...

Officers are appealing for information as they conduct searches for a missing teenager last seen in the Verwood area.

Dorset is being battered by heavy rain this afternoon bringing disruption to motorists. A yellow weather warning for thunderstorms, issued by the Met Office, is in place across the county until 6pm ...

International rules allow countries to count first-year costs of supporting refugees as overseas development assistance.

The King has visited the Royal Windsor Flower Show, which this year is inspired by an idea from his book. Charles, who has a passion for gardening, stopped to smell the flowers during his visit to the ...

An 11-year-old boy has become the second child to die after a minibus overturned on a motorway slip road. Othniel Adoma, from Bracknell, Berkshire, died on Thursday, more than three weeks after the ...

Thousands of people have gathered to “send a message” to the Government with a demonstration over spending cuts and welfare reform. Campaign group The People’s Assembly said it expected trade ...

The Department of Health is set to be handed a 2.8 annual increase in its day-to-day budget over a three-year period.

Ilyas Akhtar, of Slough, Berkshire, is accused of preparing terrorist acts and targeting local leisure venues.