Aimee Betro flew to the UK to carry out the plot in Birmingham, which failed when the gun jammed, allowing the victim to escape.

Household energy bills set to rise by around 1 in October, forecasters predict, despite wholesale prices falling ...

Business activity across the UK’s private sector has hit a one-year high this month, as the services industry led a summer rebound, according to new survey data. Firms nevertheless have been cutting ...

Merseyside Police said the fire at Woolton Hall, Liverpool, on Tuesday ‘appears to have been an extremely reckless act’.

Ethel Caterham, of Lightwater, Surrey, who was born in August 1909, succeeded to the title of oldest living person in April.

Chelsea have accepted a £26million offer from Villarreal for defender Renato Veiga, the PA news agency understands. The Portugal left-back is reported to have agreed a seven-year deal and his ...

The company, which operates about 610 hotels, saw revenues slip by 3.2 to £471.3 million for the six months to June 30.

A young shepherd set the baa high with her GCSE results when she arrived to collect them with her sheep, Kevin. Milly Johnson, 16, who has won awards for sheep-handling, brought along the North ...

THE Met Office has forecasted a mix of sunshine and clouds for this year's Creamfields Music Festival. Thursday, August 21, will start sunny, becoming cloudy by lunchtime. Temperatures will range from ...

Russian forces launched more than 600 drones and missiles overnight, striking an American electronics factory in the west of Ukraine.

The former childminder, from Northampton, was ordered to serve 40 of her 31-month sentence in prison before being released on licence.

POLICE have opened an arson investigation following a van fire in the early hours of this morning, Thursday. Two fire engines from Widnes and Runcorn fire stations rushed to Widnes shortly after ...