A Japanese police chief has apologised in person to 88-year-old Iwao Hakamada after he was kept on death row for more than 50 years until last month, when he was acquitted in a retrial.

Kyle Telemaque, 19, from Ely, has pleaded guilty to rioting following the deaths of Kyrees Sullivan, 16, and Harvey Evans, 15.

Victoria Thomas Bowen, 25, also admitted criminal damage when she appeared at Westminster Magistrates’ Court on Monday.

Consumer confidence across UK households improved this month amid a boost from easing inflation, according to new data. The S&P Global UK Consumer Sentiment Index (CSI) survey moved closer towards the ...

Residents invited to view plans for North Ayrshire Council’s largest-ever housing development at the former Ayrshire Central Hospital ...

In one of few all Ayrshire clashes, Hurlford United cruised through round three as they brushed aside Maybole Juniors - winning 5-1 at Blair Park. Irvine Meadow have faired well in cup competitions ...

Manchester high jumper Gabrielle Garber is taking it just one step at a time as she bids to achieve her full potential and become the athlete ...

US defence secretary Lloyd Austin has arrived in Kyiv on an unannounced visit, hours after a Russian drone attack on the Ukrainian capital and as Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky pushes Western ...

Lidia Thorpe, who campaigns on First Nations issues, disrupted Charles’s welcome to the capital Canberra with her outburst.

Yin Man only started shooting pistols at the age of 47 but she already has a national title to her name and plans to conquer even bigger stages.

Fethullah Gulen, a reclusive US-based Islamic cleric who inspired a global social movement while facing accusations he masterminded a failed 2016 coup in his native Turkey, has died, officials said.

The assassination attempt against former US president Donald Trump at a Pennsylvania rally in July was “preventable and should not have happened”, according to a bipartisan investigation into the ...