Francis was elected on March 13 2013 as the 266th pontiff and the Catholic Church’s first Latin American choice.

Belgian federal prosecutors on Thursday announced the arrests of several people in a corruption probe linked to the European ...

The Woodland Trust has led the project to sow 75,000 seeds of trees native to Atlantic temperate rainforest, including pedunculate oak, alder, wild cherry, downy birch and hazel, on the hills around ...

The Foreign Secretary has said it would be “wrong” for Vladimir Putin to place conditions on a ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine. David Lammy said a pause in fighting would be a “first step” to ...

The RAC said average pump prices could come down by at least 6p per litre for petrol and 3p per litre for diesel in the coming weeks.

Manny Botwe, president of the Association of School and College Leaders (ASCL), will call for an end to the ‘chaos’ caused by social media.

British defence companies selling products overseas are to benefit from a £2 billion increase to UK Export Finance (UKEF) lending capacity – a measure the Government believes will boost opportunities ...

Actor Robert De Niro has spoken about the challenges of playing two roles in upcoming mafia movie The Alto Knights. The film sees the 81-year-old play mob bosses Vito Genovese and Frank Costello, and ...

The National Trust is creating a ‘living library’ gene bank of trees in east Devon to help protect the black poplar.

A partial lunar eclipse will take place in the UK just before dawn on Friday. The moon will darken as it moves into Earth’s shadow and will eventually turn red, earning its “blood moon” nickname. In a ...