The housing market showed signs of strengthening in October, with buyer activity picking up, according to surveyors. A net balance of 16% of property professionals reported house prices rising rather ...

John Lewis has released a memory-strewn tear-jerker, following a woman frantically buying a last-minute gift for her sister, for its highly-anticipated Christmas advert.

Charles was born on November 14 1948 at Buckingham Palace – the first child of the future Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh.

The largest coral in the world, measuring 32 metres long, has been found in the Solomon Islands. The coral, which is visible from space, is three times larger than the previous record-breaker, and is ...

A focus on final-year exams at Oxbridge could be disadvantaging female students who are “less likely to take risks” and suffer from premenstrual syndrome (PMS), a report suggests. A paper published by ...

The arrangement would more than halve staff turnover and free up money to hire an extra 2,345 workers, officials say.

Saturday’s lottery jackpot will be an estimated £4 million after no players scooped the top prize in Wednesday’s draw. The winning Lotto numbers were 11, 12, 28, 29, 41 and 54, while the bonus number ...

The British Museum is to receive the highest-value gift in UK museum history as it acquires £1 billion worth of Chinese ceramics. Trustees of the Sir Percival David Foundation are to donate 1,700 ...

A police officer has been jailed for nine years after he sexually touched a vulnerable six-year-old girl while responding to a disturbance. Dean Dempster, 35, an officer for Greater Manchester Police ...

The president-elect selected Tulsi Gabbard as director of national intelligence and nominated Matt Gaetz to serve as his attorney general.

Paul Mescal says he would “absolutely love” to do a third Gladiator film after director Sir Ridley Scott teased that he could be looking to do a follow-up. The highly-anticipated second instalment of ...

Euston Station in central London has deteriorated to the point where its marble columns are held together by bands because “it would fall off without them”, the rail minister has said.