Awards under the Royal Victorian Order are in the King’s gift and are bestowed independently of Downing Street.

Three Metropolitan Police officers who made light of a serious sexual assault allegation and made inappropriate and offensive jokes in a WhatsApp group chat have been given final written warnings. Pcs ...

Stephen Fry said he is “startled and enchanted” to be awarded a knighthood in the New Year Honours and hopes it sets an example that there is “always hope”. The actor, screenwriter and author is being ...

Chinese hackers remotely accessed several US Treasury Department workstations and unclassified documents after compromising a third-party software service provider, the agency has said.

The service said more than 340 calls were waiting to be answered at the time the critical incident was declared on Monday evening.

From a star-studded Olympics opening ceremony to Taylor Swift’s record-breaking tour, 2024 has provided some memorable ...

Clashes erupted last week in several cities across Syria between Assad supporters and the new government, which is led by Islamist rebels.

Rashford had been left out of the last four United squads after boss Ruben Amorim appeared to question his professionalism.

A rare severe flood warning of “danger to life” has been issued for part of northern Scotland on Hogmanay, as a heavy downpour of rain is expected to burst riverbanks. Aviemore and nearby areas in the ...

A coroner has issued a warning about the dangers of baby slings after a six-week-old boy died during “hands-free” breastfeeding. James Alderman, known as Jimmy, was being breastfed within a baby ...

A team of Scottish researchers have helped solve the mystery over a volcanic eruption that caused famines and crop failures around the world, almost 200 years ago. Scientists from the University of St ...

Cola Zero Sugar Lime have been spotted by in UK stores including Farmfoods and Tesco for the first time since 2007.