Comic Ruby Wax joked about the Prince and Princess of Wales interrupting her silent retreat when she unexpectedly met them on a remote Scottish island. William and Kate chatted to the celebrity as ...

The jury in a murder trial have been shown footage of the accused begging his dead wife to make contact with him, claiming he was “extremely concerned” about her. Richard Satchwell, 58, from Grattan ...

Pubs and bars have been granted permission to stay open for longer to mark the 80th anniversary of VE Day. Venues in England and Wales which usually close at 11pm will be able to keep serving for an ...

Singer Michael Bolton’s daughter has said he was “singing within minutes” of brain surgery after being diagnosed with a brain tumour. The 72-year-old said he appreciated life more following the ...

The King has written of his own cancer journey, describing how it has given him an “even deeper appreciation” of the work of cancer charities, and brought into “sharp focus the very best of humanity”.

A Turkish court on Wednesday convicted a Swedish journalist of insulting President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Joakim Medin was given an 11-month suspended prison term, a media rights group said, but he ...

Gerry Adams has called a BBC programme in which he claims he was defamed an “attempted hatchet job” that was “full of inaccuracies”. He said he was “astonished” when he watched the programme, aired in ...

The King has poignantly reflected on his experience of cancer, saying it had brought into “sharp focus the very best of humanity” and telling cancer charities: “You have my whole family’s deepest ...

The Government has moved to secure the option of challenging a court ruling that found it was acting unlawfully in failing to order a public inquiry into the murder of a Gaelic Games official in ...

A 99-year-old RAF veteran said he will be remembering friends “who didn’t make it like I did” through the Second World War on VE Day. Dennis Bishop, a former leading aircraftsman who saw active ...

The family of an 11-year-old girl have said their “hearts are broken and our lives will never be the same” after her body was confirmed to have been found in the River Thames. The Metropolitan Police ...

Conservatives “sat on their hands” over the issue of child sexual abuse, a minister has claimed as she took a question about Welsh “rape gangs”. Wales Office minister Dame Nia Griffith said the ...