The Home Office spent £15 million buying a derelict prison contaminated with asbestos amid political pressure to stop housing migrants in hotels, according to Whitehall’s spending watchdog.

The 51-year-old is undertaking the 300 miles of Radio 2’s Ultra Endurance Cycle Challenge on his dream childhood bike, the Raleigh Chopper.

The Great Christmas Feast immerses diners in Victorian London for a three course meal and gripping performance of Charles Dickens' A Christmas ...

UK economic growth slowed between July and September relative to the previous quarter, according to official data, in a blow to Chancellor Rachel Reeves. The economy grew by 0.1% over the period, ...

The party of Sri Lanka’s new Marxist-leaning president Anura Kumara Dissanayake has won a majority in parliament, providing a solid mandate for his economic revival program. Mr Dissanayake’s National ...

An Islington dog owner is pleading for the public's help after her miniature poodle went missing in Kensal Green - and now she fears he has ...

The demonstration came as the United States, South Korea and Japan held combined military exercises in nearby waters.

Four Los Angeles residents are accused of providing video footage of a ‘bear’ moving inside a Rolls-Royce and two Mercedes to ...

The governor of the Bank of England will say the UK must “welcome opportunities to rebuild relations” following Brexit, as he ...

Beans went missing from its home near Glasgow before turning up weeks later south of the border in the West Midlands.

Gary Lineker has refused to speculate on who will replace him on Match of the Day after he revealed he would be stepping down from the BBC show.

Satirical news publication The Onion has won the bidding for conspiracy theorist Alex Jones’s Infowars at a US bankruptcy ...