Traffic is reportedly building on the M4 Westbound. The M4 has been closed in both directions near the Chippenham junction, ...

Andy Burnham will deliver his first Labour conference leader’s speech next week as delegates gather in Liverpool.

The Kremlin has been accused of waging a covert campaign against countries supportive of Kyiv, fuelling escalation fears.

Under the plans, anyone who claims universal credit when they are out of work would get six months of full benefits to find a job.

Other evidence suggests even when patients have high blood pressure in an NHS Health Check in their GP surgery, they are not prescribed drugs.

Police are “conducting inquiries” after far-right activist Danny Tommo filmed himself apparently slashing the side of a dinghy with a rescue crew member still on board. The 37-year-old appeared to ...

The family of a mother and three children killed in a house fire have said they were “loved beyond measure”. Elisha Brabin, 36, and her children Leo Brabin, 16, Ellis Brabin, eight, and seven-year-old ...

Italy’s most visited monument, the Colosseum in Rome, was closed to the public suddenly on Wednesday to mourn a worker who fell to his death overnight while helping install a new illumination project.

Temperatures later this week will be “exceptionally warm” for the time of year, forecasters have said. The Met Office said temperatures will rise over the next couple of days in southern England, ...

South-western Mexico is braced for coastal flooding and mudslides after Polo, a powerful Pacific cyclone, became a major hurricane. Forecasters also warned that Hawaii could face another onslaught of ...

Dolly Parton’s estate has accused the country music icon’s nephew of threatening to commit violence and destroy his aunt’s legacy and business empire in court filings that also asked a judge to keep ...