Vernon Jones, a police constable at the time, saved seven-year-old David Kenneth James from drowning in October 1969. The pair reunited for the first time in more than 50 years. Vernon and Kenneth ...

The National Association of Head Teachers sought to proceed with legal action against the watchdog over plans to grade schools through report cards.

More than 150,000 people have been evacuated to safer areas in eastern provinces of the Philippines as a typhoon approached from the Pacific. Authorities have warned of torrential rain, potentially ...

Persistent grey skies and low cloud meant last month was the one of the UK’s dullest Octobers on record, new figures show. The country saw an average of just 63.3 hours of sunshine, the lowest total ...

The Prince of Wales was welcomed to Rio de Janeiro with an honour reserved for the carnival king – the keys to the city. William stood on top of Sugarloaf Mountain with a bird’s eye view of the ...

Former hurling star DJ Carey has been sentenced to five-and-a-half years in prison after a “reprehensible” act of defrauding people by falsely claiming to have cancer.

Police are investigating the incidents as part of the probe into a mass stabbing on a high speed train on Saturday.

Graham Moore, of the English Constitution Party, has launched a legal challenge against the Runcorn and Helsby by-election result.

A medieval tower in the heart of Italy’s capital, near the famous Roman Forum ruins, has partially collapsed during work to renovate the structure, seriously injuring at least one worker, Italian ...

The National Association of Head Teachers began legal action against Ofsted in May this year over the new inspection framework.