A Japanese police chief has apologised in person to 88-year-old Iwao Hakamada after he was kept on death row for more than 50 years until last month, when he was acquitted in a retrial.

Broadcaster John Stapleton has revealed his diagnosis with Parkinson’s disease. Stapleton, 78, who has presented on programmes including Newsnight, Panorama and GMTV’s News Hour, said in a video clip ...

A Navy veteran has told how he loves his home so much he bought it twice – even returning to England from New Zealand after hearing it was on the market. Brian Howlett, 88, who was born in Hull, ...

Reports suggest that ITV Coronation Street writers will be killing off Les Battersby after appearing on the soap for nearly 30 years.

Victoria Thomas Bowen, 25, also admitted criminal damage when she appeared at Westminster Magistrates’ Court on Monday.

Possible sightings have now been noted in Harvington (this year), Gorse Hill and Elbury Mount Local Nature Reserve, Aldington (between Offenham and Badsey), near Kidderminster, near The Walshes in ...

Microsoft AI tools for businesses that allow users to create “agents” to carry out specific work tasks are set to begin rolling out publicly next month, the company has said.

Fethullah Gulen, a reclusive US-based Islamic cleric who inspired a global social movement while facing accusations he masterminded a failed 2016 coup in his native Turkey, has died, officials said.

South Korea has demanded the immediate pull-out of North Korean troops allegedly deployed in Russia as it summoned the Russian ambassador to protest against deepening military cooperation between ...

The Israeli military has apologised over a strike that killed three Lebanese soldiers in southern Lebanon the previous day. It said it is not battling the Lebanese military, and claimed its soldiers ...

Scotland’s Finance Secretary has said there “simply is no more money” to fund pay deals for local government workers amid strikes which have closed schools in John Swinney’s constituency.

Erik ten Hag is relishing his showdown with Jose Mourinho, labelling one of his predecessors as Manchester United boss as “an example for many, many managers”.