The Force was with many Star Wars fan in Japan at an event where Lucasfilm announced that the next instalment in the ...

A migrant has died after a medical emergency on a small boat in the English Channel. The RNLI confirmed it had launched its all-weather lifeboat and a group of migrants were brought to Dover in a ...

Funding to test a new monitoring technique for myeloma patients has been awarded to an Oxford University Hospitals doctor.

Dr Chris Kowalski has received Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust's February Exceptional People Individual Award. The award was given to Dr Kowalski for "providing an excellent standard of patient ...

The Let Me Entertain You singer, 51, has a well-documented history of depression and has also fought drug and alcohol abuse.

A status orange rain warning has been issued for Co Wicklow. A series of yellow weather warnings are also in place across the island. Met Eireann said that heavy rain in the area could cause localised ...

A British woman has died in a cable car crash near Naples, according to an Italian official. The Briton and an Israeli woman were among four people who died in the crash after a cable snapped on ...

A couple was 'lucky to escape alive' after a fire ripped through their thatched roof in just eight minutes, destroying their house. The fire broke out at Bob and Paula Hessian’s home, which dates back ...

Britain is hoping a deal can help stave off the full brunt of the US president’s sweeping 10 tariffs on all goods imported to ...

A driver who was pulled over by police has been arrested on suspicion of drug driving. Officers from the Thames Valley Police Roads Policing unit stopped the white Volkswagen vehicle on the B4030 in ...

A man has been arrested on suspicion of a number of offences after a member of the public was 'threatened' in Bicester.

The actor, best known for playing Harold Bishop on the Australian soap opera, revealed last year that he has a rare form of terminal lung cancer.