Pope Francis has denounced the “scourge” of child labour and other abuses suffered by children, saying anyone who harms or exploits a child will have to answer to God.

Boycott is justice for the Afghan female cricket players. The men's team is promised 17 USD millions annually, where Afghan female athletes are promised 100 lashes by the Taliban if they play sports!

A Brentwood man has been arrested in connection with a fatal collision in the village of Purleigh, near Maldon.

Aziz Ziriat and Sam Harris have not been seen or heard from since January 1 and they did not check in for their flight home on January 6.

A 14-year-old boy who was stabbed to death on a bus in Woolwich is believed to have been an online rapper known as “Grippa”, according ...

A man has been arrested in Spain after a body was found in the hunt for missing Belfast man John George. The 37-year-old, from west Belfast, also known as John Hardy, had been on holiday in Alicante ...

A glass of milk a day cuts the risk of bowel cancer by almost a fifth, according to the largest study of its kind. Researchers from the University of Oxford say they have found the strongest evidence ...

The First Minister said the announcement Labour MSPs will abstain in Budget votes made him ‘more confident’ the proposals will pass.

The deal means the fixture at Spa-Francorchamps – which is among the most recognisable in F1 – will be omitted from the schedule in 2028 ...

Locals have paid tribute to a “lovely” and “good humoured” business owner who was killed in a dog attack in Stratford. Akif Mushtaq, 42, died in hospital on December 5 after sustaining bite wounds to ...

The former defence secretary said it was ‘absolutely’ essential the Afghanistan Inquiry got definitive answers over whether murders took place.

California firefighters are battling wildfires that tore across the Los Angeles area amid high winds, destroying homes, causing tens of thousands of people to flee and straining resources. Officials ...