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Jurassic Park and Peaky Blinders star Sam Neill has died aged 78.

A fifth British national has been identified as a victim of a wildfire in southern Spain in which killed more than a dozen people.

The UK has now had 25 days this year when temperatures have exceeded 30C as the country experiences its third heatwave of the summer, the Met Office has said.

A cross-party group of MPs has told prime minister-in-waiting Andy Burnham he should allow councils to increase council tax by as much as they want.

The UK will hold its largest home defence exercise in decades next year to better prepare the country for the possibility of war.

Labour MPs are demanding Andy Burnham sets a target of creating one million jobs in production over the next decade as part of a reindustrialisation strategy.

Japanese authorities have captured a bear following a multi-day search that saw nearly 100 schools close.

For only the third time in its history, the British electricity system operator has warned of tight supplies in the summer months.

Police Scotland is carrying out "additional enquiries" after a university employee posted online that they hoped Ann Widdecombe suffered "an extremely painful death".

The writer E Jean Carroll has received a multimillion dollar payout more than three years after she was awarded it by the jury in her sexual abuse and defamation lawsuit against Donald Trump.

Kamala Harris has called for an investigation into America's controversial ICE agents following the deaths of three people in the space of a week.

Sixteen and 17-year-olds will face an overnight social media curfew and the disabling of addictive features under government plans – but critics say it won't achieve anything as the settings can be turned off.

A woman whose husband was partially sucked out of the window during a Ryanair flight has described how half of his body was left sticking out of the plane for "up to two minutes".

The UK is experiencing a period of "historic and unprecedented change" to its climate, and extreme conditions that have caused recent heatwaves are here to stay, says a new report.

Police in Australia have marked the 25th anniversary of the murder of British backpacker Peter Falconio by releasing previously unseen photographs from their investigation.

The persistent disadvantage gap in schools will be an "early challenge" for the next prime minister, researchers are warning.

Senators have demanded the US military urgently reveals the findings of its probe into a deadly missile strike on an Iranian school.

A British man jailed in Iran along with his wife has been handed an additional two-year prison sentence, according to the couple's family. 

At least 19 wildfires are burning across the UK as a third heatwave in as many months continues - causing a phenomonon experts have previously called a "firewave".

The Gloucestershire cheese rolling contest's most successful ever competitor has been beaten by a German YouTuber. 

The written statement Scotland's former first minister, Nicola Sturgeon, gave to police investigating the SNP’s finances will not be released, her lawyer has said.

The US has returned tens of billions of dollars raised through tariffs after they were ruled illegal by the Supreme Court.

Former Radio 2 presenter Scott Mills was the BBC's highest earner until he was sacked in March, latest figures reveal.

Personal Independence Payments (PIP) are "not fit for purpose" and can create barriers to work, while the assessment process can be "dehumanising", a new report found.