Jane Deith

A woman who stabbed her husband three times at their home in Somerset after a row over a birthday meal has been jailed for life with a minimum of 18 years, after she was found guilty of murder by a jury at Bristol Crown Court. Penelope Jackson, who’s 66, had denied murder but admitted manslaughter,…

No plans to “immediately” move to Covid Plan B, the Chancellor’s language was deliberately careful today. 

A leading government scientific advisor has warned that unless ministers act soon to curb soaring Covid cases, the country could face another “lockdown Christmas”.  

Police are speaking to more possible victims of a convicted paedophile who have come forward after a Channel 4 documentary about the case.

At least 50 people have been killed in a suicide bombing in Afghanistan. The attack happened during Friday prayers at a Shia mosque in the north eastern city of Kunduz.

Almost a fortnight after long queues began forming at many petrol stations around the country, army personnel have been drafted in to drive tankers and boost supplies. 

So in what would be a major u-turn… the government is expected to outline a new temporary visa scheme to enable foreign lorry drivers to work in the UK.

The first space tourists to orbit the earth have splashed down safely off the coast of Florida in the Atlantic.

France’s ambassador to Australia has left Canberra, as it carries out a highly charged response to the AUKUS security agreement.

With foreign travel still largely off limits, most people have been braving the unpredictable British weather for a staycation.

The UK’s biggest co-ordinated clean-up event, with almost 4,000 volunteers picking up rubbish over 11,000 miles of coastline, has revealed something surprising about what’s clogging up our beaches.

Dramatic footage showing the final moments of Sudesh Amman’s life after he was shot by undercover police has been shown at his inquest.

The authoritarian Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko has accused his opponents of planning a coup and mocked the Olympic sprinter who fled to Poland. 

While Boris Johnson faces a row over whether to introduce a vaccine passport system here, the French government have extended their scheme amid a surge in Covid cases there. From Monday people must show a Covid health pass to get into cafes and bars, along with trains and planes. It has brought thousands of protestors…

Pregnant women in England are being urged to get the Covid vaccine, as new research suggests they are at greater risk of becoming seriously ill with the Delta variant.