A vote is mandatory following an election, and Mr Ishiba is expected to be re-elected in a runoff against the opposition ...

In his role as Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby has presided over royal weddings and funerals – but he has also spoken of a “messy” early life and subsequent battle with depression. Before being ...

Vivek Gurav says he is behind the world’s largest plogging community – which involves litter picking and jogging.

Train operator Avanti West Coast is “making progress” in improving its performance but there is “still more to do”, managing director Andy Mellors said. He told the PA news agency the company must ...

A Covid denier has been jailed for five years after encouraging violence against Professor Sir Chris Whitty on social media. Patrick Ruane, 55, was found guilty at the Old Bailey of two charges of ...

Death in Paradise fans have been given their first proper look at new Australian spin-off series Return to Paradise, after the BBC released a trailer and pictures of the show. Return to Paradise ...

The price of Bitcoin has surged past the 81,000 US dollar (£63,000) mark for the first time as the cryptocurrency continues to rally higher after Donald Trump’s victory in the US election last week.

Russian drones hammered the southern city of Mykolaiv, killing five people and injuring a 45-year-old woman, local authorities said. Around two dozen people sought psychological help following the ...

The adult male was found on November 1 on a popular tourist beach in the town of Denmark in temperate south-west Australia — about 2,200 miles north of the icy waters off the Antarctic coast, ...

A woman who was abused as a teenager by one of the world’s most prolific catfish abusers has described her anger that he used her photograph to lure other victims. Alexander McCartney, from Newry in ...

Mr Johnson died after he was hit in the neck by a skate as he played for Nottingham Panthers at Sheffield’s Utilita Arena.

Michael O’Leary has repeated controversial comments he made about teachers, arguing that they are not the best type of politicians to deliver change in Ireland. The Ryanair boss said at an election ...