At least 49,000 A&E visits last year saw patients wait 24 hours or more for a hospital bed – with people aged 65 or over accounting for almost 70% of cases, the Liberal Democrats have said.

A fire that engulfed two flats at a building in east London was tackled by 100 firefighters. London Fire Brigade (LFB) said 15 fire engines dealt with the blaze on Leman Street in Aldgate on Sunday ...

A huge fire has broken out at a flat building in east London, with 100 firefighters tackling the blaze. Footage showed flames engulfing two different flats on Leman Street in Aldgate, with smoke seen ...

Bedford Blues won a thriller at Ealing Trailfinders as the top two went head-to-head on Easter Saturday. Blues triumphed 30-24 in the capital while Hartpury beat Coventry to leapfrog their visitors ...

US vice president JD Vance met Pope Francis briefly on Sunday to exchange Easter greetings, after they got into a long-distance tangle over the Trump administration’s migrant deportation plans.

A vehicle was reportedly driven at Martin O’Donovan, 46, on Stonyhurst Road, Woolton, at about 11:45pm on Friday, Merseyside Police said.

The Metropolitan Police have renewed an appeal for information after seven statues were daubed with graffiti during a trans rights protest in central London on Saturday.

An Israeli investigation into the killings of 15 Palestinian medics last month in Gaza by Israeli forces said on Sunday it has found “professional failures” and a deputy commander will be fired.

RAF fighter jets have intercepted two Russian aircraft flying close to Nato airspace over the Baltic Sea. The Ministry of Defence (MoD) said two RAF Typhoons were scrambled from Malbork Air Base in ...

The Scottish First Minister said Nigel Farage’s party was contributing to the undermining of ‘some of the central values of our society’.

The King and Queen were joined by the Duke of York at the traditional Easter Sunday service at Windsor Castle. Andrew arrived at St George’s Chapel, Windsor Castle, with the Princess Royal, his ...

A husband has described watching “in helpless horror” as his “beautiful wife” was killed at a golf club by a van trying to get away from police. Mother-of-three Suzanne Cherry, 62, of Aldridge, ...