The UK is not “locked into” a winter of higher flood risk despite recent wet weather, officials have said, but urged people to plan for all eventualities.

The Government is expected to unveil billions in investment deals at its first International Investment Summit on Monday.

The first valves at four of a total of 21 sites, which operate like giant gates, have opened along the seven metre-wide tunnel.

An Israeli air strike has killed at least 20 people including children at a school-turned-shelter in central Gaza, according to local hospitals. Sunday night’s strike also killed two women in Nuseirat ...

Four Israeli soldiers were killed in a Hezbollah drone attack on an army base next to the city of Binyamina, according to the military. A statement said the strike on Sunday evening also severely ...

People in the UK should “look to the west” to spot Comet A3, an astronomer has said. The comet, also known as Tsuchinshan-Atlas, was visible from the UK on Saturday evening and was pictured above the ...

The Foreign Secretary will reinforce closer UK-EU cooperation on global issues by attending the Foreign Affairs Council in Luxembourg on Monday.

Martin Lewis has issued an “important warning” to anyone aged under 22 who could be missing out on more than £2,000. The Money Saving Expert is alerting thousands of people aged between 18 and 22 of ...

Police have launched an appeal to find a man who is missing from Chelmsford with four children. Essex Police said Jethro Cox, 38, is missing from his home and they believe he is with four children ...

Tory leadership hopeful Robert Jenrick has asked the BBC to host a head-to-head televised debate between him and his opponent Kemi Badenoch. He has written to BBC director-general Tim Davie asking for ...

Two RNLI lifeboats, the coastguard helicopter and the coastguard rescue teams from Southend and Canvey Island went to the scene. The coastguard said one of the people was able to make it to shore on ...

A drone strike hit central Israel on Sunday, wounding more than 60 people, some of them critically, rescue services said, in ...