A 76-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of administering poison at a summer camp which led to eight children being taken to hospital, police said.
At a critical port on the Taiwanese island of Penghu, there is a sudden bang of explosions.
The company at the centre of a viral video at a Coldplay concert has released a tongue-in-cheek clip on social media - featuring Gwyneth Paltrow as a "temporary spokesperson"....
Whether or not the UK will have a Royal Family in the future is something that often comes up in debate....
A Spanish disability group has threatened legal action after people with dwarfism were reportedly hired as entertainers for Lamine Yamal's 18th birthday....
An Australian woman has been found guilty of murdering three people after serving them poisonous mushrooms....
Snake captured on passenger plane
Politicians have called for a Scotland-wide seagull summit to be held amid warnings someone could be killed....
Two young bears escaped from their enclosure at a wildlife park in Devon - and devoured a week's worth of honey....
Injured dog walkers could be costing the NHS about £23m a year, a study suggests....
Police are warning rock fans at this weekend's Download festival about the potential for accidental calls while in the mosh pit....
Lawyers for Sean "Diddy" Combs have called for him to be acquitted of prostitution-related offences, or given a new trial on the same charges.
Details are sparse at the moment. No crew has been chosen, nor is there a concept yet for how it would be selected.
Continue Reading
UK
World
UK
US
The woman, aged about 50, was buried in a Siberian ice cave and discovered millennia later.... Read more
A Chinese-led research team captures pictures of life at depths of more than 9km in the northwest Pacific Ocean.... Read more
The earthquake was one of the strongest ever recorded, but its tsunami was not as bad as feared.... Read more
Prof Michele Dougherty is the first woman to be appointed to the influential post.... Read more
Testing programmes affected include those monitoring the impact of drought.... Read more
Are Trump's tariffs destroying lives and livelihoods in Lesotho?
Gary Neville, YouTube and online protections
Why Palestinian statehood won't stop the starvation
Has Trump broken from Netanyahu over Gaza?
Trade negotiations, bond risks and a rise in botulism cases
History Girls: How football came home... again
Trump makes 'biggest of all the deals' with the EU. What's next?
Slow summer sales, phone launches and new online age protections
Why is Lucy Bronze, the Lionesses' golden girl?
Lawyers for Sean "Diddy" Combs have called for him to be acquitted of prostitution-related offences, or given a new trial on the same charges.
Ozzy Osbourne has taken his final tour of Birmingham - with his family experiencing the love of thousands of fans who turned out to see the heavy metal star come home.
The 1975 frontman Matty Healy has warned of a musical "silence" that would come without the pubs and bars that give UK artists their first chance to perform.
Bob Geldof has accused the Israeli authorities of "lying" about starvation in Gaza - after Israel's government spokesperson claimed there was "no famine caused by Israel".
Paul Gallagher, the older brother of Oasis stars Noel and Liam, has been charged with multiple offences including rape.
Grammy-winning jazz singer Dame Cleo Laine has died aged 97.
The company at the centre of a viral video at a Coldplay concert has released a tongue-in-cheek clip on social media - featuring Gwyneth Paltrow as a "temporary spokesperson".
Gregg Wallace has spoken about his sacking from MasterChef after inappropriate behaviour while working for the BBC - but insisted he is "not a groper, a sex pest or a flasher".
Top Boy actor Micheal Ward has been charged with two counts of rape and is due to appear in court next month.
Riverdance star Michael Flatley is hoping to become Ireland's next president, a court has heard.
The UK's internet watchdog has launched an investigation into how four companies - that collectively run 34 pornography sites - are complying with new age-check requirements.
The mother of a 10-year-old girl who died from complications of measles has urged parents to have their children vaccinated amid a surge of cases.
Hotel tycoon Surinder Arora has put forward an expansion plan for Heathrow which rivals that by the airport's owners.
TikTok will now alert parents when their teenager posts a public video, as part of new safety tools launched this week.
The British Medical Association has hit back at claims the organisation refused to allow doctors to keep working in critical areas during five days of strike action.
Hundreds of thousands of people are protesting against the UK's new online safety rules, with accusations of censorship being levelled at the government.
J Sainsbury, the supermarket chain, was on Wednesday racing to resolve an issue with card payments made involving Visa and Barclays which was impacting customers' ability to pay for online grocery orders.
Wildfires in several Turkish regions have claimed at least 17 lives in the past month, as record-breaking heatwaves and strong winds fuel devastating blazes across the eastern Mediterranean.
Firefighters are battling blazes that have broken out across several countries in southeast Europe, fuelled by dry conditions, high winds and extreme temperatures.
A campaign group for a third runway at Heathrow that gets funding from the airport has been distributing "incredibly misleading" information to households in west London, according to opponents of the expansion.
