The hit, which took 39 years to become a Christmas number one, topped the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra’s poll.

The digital bank’s yearly spending data sheds a light on the shopping habits of its more than 11 million customers in Britain.

The Deputy Prime Minister will vow to push power out of Whitehall and into the hands of people with ‘skin in the game’.

Alternative proteins for the turkey, resilient super-spuds and ‘cheese from peas’ may help to keep the meal on tables for generations, ...

An Israeli airstrike hit a school and killed at least 16 people in the southern city of Khan Younis, according to Nasser Hospital.

Two teenagers were killed and four people were injured – including a 13-year-old – in a shooting at a makeshift club in Houston, police said.

The Foreign Secretary said Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) remains proscribed but ‘as you would expect’ the Government has spoken to the group.

Pope Francis urged people to “make children” as he made his first papal visit to the French island of Corsica on Sunday. Francis also called for a dynamic form of laicism, promoting the kind of ...

Syria is taking its first steps in the post-Assad era as its people come to terms with life under new rulers. The few maintenance workers at Damascus’ international airport who showed up for work ...

French police are investigating the deaths of five people who were fatally shot in the Dunkirk area of northern France on Saturday. A 22-year-old man later turned himself in to police, according to ...

The death toll in the French territory of Mayotte from Cyclone Chido is “several hundred” and may be close to 1,000, the island’s top government official has said. Mayotte Prefect Francois-Xavier ...

The military juntas of Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso announced in January that they had decided to leave Ecowas.