A Met Police constable has been cleared of gross misconduct after he tasered a 10-year-old girl who was brandishing garden shears.

Alistair Darling, who served as chancellor under Gordon Brown, has died at the age of 70, his family has confirmed.

The culture secretary will on Thursday launch a probe into the takeover of The Daily Telegraph by a state-backed Abu Dhabi-based fund.

According to Shane MacGowan, the seeds of Fairytale Of New York were sown when Elvis Costello bet him he couldn't write a yuletide hit without selling out.

Former United States secretary of state Henry Kissinger has died aged 100.

The businesswoman who oversaw the government's Test and Trace programme during the COVID-19 pandemic, is being lined up as the first female "chair" in the 273-year history of The Jockey Club.

Detectives are searching for an Audi that is believed to have been involved in the killing of a man in Inverclyde.

One in 10 drinkers in the UK think they have an unhealthy relationship with alcohol, according to an annual survey.

Musician and singer Shane MacGowan, best known as the frontman of The Pogues, has died at the age of 65.

Rail workers have voted to accept a deal to end their long-running dispute over pay and conditions.