The 720,998 babies born in Japan in 2024 was a drop of 5% on the previous year, according to the Health and Welfare Ministry. It was the lowest number of births since Japan started recording the ...

John Glen called for a Commons debate about valproate and pelvic mesh, telling MPs that ‘we must move on this matter’.

An Israeli group representing families of hostages held by Hamas said the remains of all four hostages returned early ...

Ms Dorrian’s father John and sisters Joanne and Michelle stood alongside PSNI Detective Chief Inspector Kerrie Foreman at police headquarters on Thursday morning in the latest o ...

A long-awaited report on the investigation into Greece’s deadliest train crash has blamed human error, outdated infrastructure and major systemic failures for the head-on collision that killed 57 ...

Torben Hersborg pleaded guilty to spying on female university students in December last year, the court was previously told.

Jailed MP Mike Amesbury has had his prison sentence suspended following a court appeal. The Runcorn and Helsby MP, who was given a 10-week prison sentence on Monday for punching a man in the street, ...

The girl was eating dinner with her family at a restaurant in Kingsland High Street on the evening of May 29 last year when she was injured.

Former Co-operative Bank chairman Paul Flowers – who stole nearly £100,000 from an elderly spinster to spend on drugs, holidays and gifts for himself – has been jailed for three years. Flowers, 74, ...

The Government will clamp down on pornography which shows women being choked after a review found the content can have “devastating” real-world consequences. Videos showing the practice are rife on ...

Tyler Byrne, from Aldershot, Hampshire, was working on tracks for Network Rail in Surbiton in February 2021 when he was struck and killed by a train.

The number of enforced returns of people who do not have a right to stay in the UK has jumped to the highest level in six years. Some 8,164 enforced returns took place in 2024, up 28% on the previous ...