For more than 40 years, Diane Abbott has been a totemic figure on the Labour left – and a thorn in the side of successive party leaders. In 1987, she made history when she was elected as Britain’s ...

ConocoPhillips is buying Marathon Oil in an all-stock deal valued at approximately 17.1 billion (£13.4 billion). The deal is valued at 22.5 billion dollars (£17.6 billion) when including 5.4 billion ...

Grimsby have begun an investigation after being “appalled” by a racist comment directed at new signing Tyrell Warren. The Sky Bet League Two club are working with authorities, including a designated ...

South Africans have begun voting at schools, community centres and in large white tents set up in open fields in an election ...

MPs have urged the Government to “get a grip” on drugs shortages and commission an independent review of the medicines supply chain. The Health and Social Care Committee also called for a “complete ...

Liverpool striker Lewis Koumas has received his first senior Wales call for next week’s friendlies against Gibraltar and Slovakia. Koumas has been named in a 25-man squad alongside fellow uncapped ...

Junior doctors in England are to stage strikes in the run-up to the General Election. Talks had recently reopened with a view to ending the long-running dispute over pay between medics in training and ...

A primary school teacher stabbed her partner to death and buried his body in their garden after he declared his love “until the day I die”, a court has heard. Fiona Beal, 50, has admitted the murder ...

Legal obligations for payment of a fence are often set by local councils and can "vary widely" - see when your neighbour has to pay half.

We’re undoubtedly a nation of dog lovers, however when a neighbour’s dog will not stop barking even the calmest person’s patience can be tested. The occasional ‘woof’ is not a problem, but what can ...

A Leamington Spa resident is itching to get back on the bowling green after a family day out at Bowls England's 'Bowls Big Weekend'. Anthony Tedd, 39, brought his whole family out for a day out at ...

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez has met Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Mustafa and leading officials from several Middle Eastern countries in Madrid the day after Spain, Ireland and Norway ...