Staff at a Runcorn high school could strike in protest over planned redundancies and curriculum restructure. The World reported recently how Ormiston Bolingbroke Academy (OBA) was planning the ...

Around one in 30 used cars bought in the UK during the first three months of the year were electric, new figures show. Some 65,850 battery electric cars changed hands between January and March, the ...

A detective inspector was assigned to lead the investigation, despite criminal damage usually being categorised as a more minor crime. Indeed, when the case came to trial, the Crown Prosecution ...

Dragons were part of history last weekend as they and London Mavericks played the first extra-time period in Netball Super League history. The game ended 55-55 after 60 minutes before Mavericks pulled ...

Pope Leo XIV, history’s first North American pope, is celebrating his first Mass as pontiff in the Sistine Chapel. Cardinals elected the Chicago-born Augustinian missionary Robert Prevost to succeed ...

The death of a British bomb disposal expert who was killed while clearing landmines has prompted an “emotional” outpouring from communities in Ukraine, his friend and colleague has said.

Scientists have captured footage of the reproductive habits of a large, carnivorous snail from New Zealand for the first time, shedding light on a process once shrouded in mystery. Images show the ...

A survivor of the Nottingham attacks has told how she wishes the killer had taken her instead of the two young students who “had their lives ahead of them”. Sharon Miller was walking to work on the ...

Coco Pops Straws and Cocoa Krispies Cereal Straws have returned to B&M stores across the UK for the first time since being discontinued in 2010.

The call from heads of UK environmental charities follows Sir David Attenborough’s new film on the oceans, released to mark his 99th birthday.

In an interview with the BBC, the Bank’s chief suggested that the UK-US trade deal secured on Thursday could set an example globally.

Most passengers travelling by rail between St Pancras and Switzerland change trains and stations in Paris, leading to a total journey time to and from Geneva of around seven-and-a-half hours. This ...