Nobel Prize-winning author Abdulrazak Gurnah has said he did not pick literature as an A-level as it did not feel “useful”.

Wet weather across the bank holiday weekend is expected to end what has been a record-breaking start to spring. While Sunday and Monday will not be a complete washout, the Met Office said unsettled ...

Sir Alan Bates has said the Government’s compensation schemes for victims of the Horizon IT scandal have been “turned into quasi-kangaroo courts”. The former subpostmaster, who has campaigned for ...

The viral bag charms were pulled from UK stores following reports of customers fighting over them and queuing overnight ...

Several Palestinians and soldiers told the AP that Israeli troops are systematically forcing Palestinians to act as human ...

Nigel Farage will commit to restoring the winter fuel payment to all pensioners and to scrapping the two-child benefit cap, reports have suggested. The Reform UK leader is expected to appeal to ...

More sailings on two of P&O Cruises' most popular ships have been cancelled. A number of voyages on Arvia and Ventura in 2026 and 2027 have been facing the axe over the past few weeks with ...

One lucky player scooped the £3.8 million Lotto jackpot in Saturday’s draw. The ticket-holder matched all six main numbers to win the top prize. Four players won £1 million after matching five out of ...

Cate Blanchett presented the award to Panahi, who three years ago was imprisoned in Iran before going on a hunger strike.

Striking taxi drivers in Paris are threatening to take their protest to the French Open and block access to Roland-Garros on Monday, if the government does not listen to their demands. The drivers are ...

Gordon Lyons had faced criticism for his failure to attend a senior GAA match in the first 15 months of his tenure as sports minister.

Doncaster Knights climbed into third on the penultimate week of the Championship season after a 35-15 win over Cornish Pirates.