China’s famous Shaolin Temple has announced that its abbot is under investigation on suspicion of misappropriation and embezzlement of project funds and temple assets.

Police are searching for the owners of two bikes in Whitehaven after they were recovered. Local police were on the scene at Rutland Avenue in Whitehaven on Sunday morning after receiving reports of a ...

The Ravenglass and Eskdale Railway has been named as one of the best heritage railways in the UK by the Times Newspaper.

Two new professional dancers Alexis Warr and Julian Caillon will join the Strictly Come Dancing cast this autumn, the BBC has announced.

Here's the latest travel advice from the UK Foreign Office as wildfires have broke out in parts of Greece and its capital Athens.

The steps are meant to address a surge in hunger in the territory as Israel faces a wave of international criticism.

Military pauses promised by Israel will not alone be enough to ease suffering in Gaza, David Lammy has warned as the UK joined efforts to airdrop aid into the territory. The Foreign Secretary welcomed ...

International criticism, including by allies, has grown as several hundred Palestinians have been killed in recent weeks ...

On a sunny street in shattered Gaza, the bundle containing Zainab Abu Halib represented the latest death from starvation ...

The royal family have led the nation in wishing England’s Lionesses good luck ahead of their Euros final clash with Spain. Sunday’s match kicks off at 5pm UK time in Basel, Switzerland, and will be ...

Dressed in a white baseball cap branded ‘USA’, Donald Trump waved at journalists who shouted questions at him as he tee’d off.

Amanda Donaghey was told the coffin of her son Fiongal Greenlaw-Meek, 39, contained the remains of a different person entirely.