Researchers have found that the gene for starch-digesting saliva may have first duplicated more than 800,000 years ago.

A boy has been stabbed in the middle of the afternoon in south-east London. Metropolitan Police officers were called to the scene in Broadway, Bexleyheath, at 3.31pm on Thursday and found the boy, who ...

Former One Direction member Liam Payne died of multiple traumas and “internal and external haemorrhage”, as a result of a fall from the balcony of a hotel’s third-floor, a post-mortem examination ...

Line manager Eirian Powell told the inquiry into nurse Lucy Letby’s crimes that there was ‘no evidence of any wrongdoing’ after three ...

Israeli forces in Gaza have killed Hamas’s top leader Yahya Sinwar, a chief architect of last year’s attack on Israel that ...

Israel’s foreign minister has confirmed that Israeli troops in Gaza have killed Hamas’s top leader Yahya Sinwar, a chief architect of last year’s attack on Israel that sparked the war.

The number of people dying in or after police custody in England and Wales has been described as “extremely concerning” as figures show more than half had mental health problems. The Independent ...

Playing video games may make you smarter but regular exercise does not, scientists have said. Researchers found gamers scored better on memory, attention and reasoning skills compared to those who did ...

A man and two women have been remanded in custody over the death of a 23-month-old child in Co Tyrone. Tavia Da Costa is believed to have died on Sunday just weeks before her second birthday.

Her entertainment career spanned eight decades across film, TV and the stage, but she is best remembered for her turn in 1958 ...

New figures for England show 346,217 new cancer cases were diagnosed in 2022 – an average of 948 every day – compared to 329,664 in 2021.

Transport Secretary Louise Haigh said passengers will be able to save up to 50 off the price of Advance and off-peak fares.