Pope Leo XIV has called for humanitarian aid to reach the Gaza Strip and for an end to the “heartbreaking” toll on its people, as he presided over his first general audience in St Peter’s Square.

Work and Pensions Secretary Liz Kendall insisted changes were necessary to get people off benefits and into work.

Farm and nature leaders made the plea as figures show swathes of the UK have had the most days with no or little rain on record for the year so far.

OXENHOPE won a dramatic Briggs Priestley Parish Cup tie on Sunday by two wickets after coming back from the dead.

A French Navy boat set out to make contact with the boat to recover the two people and 10 others who needed help.

Sue Thorpe, a former officer with Northumbria Police, bombarded her ex-partner with abusive texts and emails in a year-long harassment campaign.

Peter Sugden, 46, of Falkirk, sent numerous indecent messages and sexual remarks to the fictional teenager over the course of 16 days.

The UK Government remains supportive of the Acorn carbon capture project, a minister said as he responded to claims the Chancellor is reportedly “going cold” on the idea.

An adviser to former Ukrainian president Viktor Yanukovych has been shot dead outside a school in Madrid, Spanish authorities said. Spain’s Interior Ministry identified the victim as Andrii Portnov.

The high street retail giant halted orders on its website and saw empty shelves after being targeted by hackers around the Easter weekend.

The UKHSA and the Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA) said “fragments of West Nile Virus genetic material” were found in some Aedes vexans mosquitoes collected in wetlands on the River Idle at ...

The yoga teacher who survived the Southport attack is leading a campaign to move to round-ended kitchen knives. Leanne Lucas launched Let’s Be Blunt to coincide with a national knife crime awareness ...