Urfan Sharif and two others are accused of being party to years-long abuse that culminated in the 10-year-old’s death last August.

An inspection team from the Care Quality Commission (CQC) was not told of a spike in neonatal mortality or that a number of the deaths were unexpected and unexplained when they visited the hospital in ...

Matthew Haydon was sentenced to four and a half years in prison with a four-year extended licence period, at the Old Bailey.

The miners in a mineshaft in Stilfontein are believed to be suffering from a lack of food, water and other basic necessities.

It comes as legislators consider ratifying an agreement that would allow Russians to buy apartments in the region.

One of the most senior Catholic leaders in the UK has suggested it would be “abhorrent” to exclude religious views from the assisted dying debate after Dame Esther Rantzen said she was deeply ...

Japan’s Princess Yuriko has died aged 101 after her health deteriorated recently, palace officials said. Yuriko was the wife of wartime Emperor Hirohito’s brother and the oldest member of the imperial ...

A number of police officers were injured during a protest against Hillary Clinton in Belfast. The Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) said a full investigation has been launched into scenes of ...

The Hungarian leader said the EU’s sanction regime ‘should be reviewed, because with such a policy of sanctions, energy prices will not ...

TV presenter and radio host Paddy McGuinness has said supporters helped him keep the pedals turning on his charity cycle ride ...

A Pakistani province has declared a health emergency due to smog and imposed a shutdown in two major cities. Smog has choked ...

He joins his mother Judy and brother Andy, who received their honorary degrees from the university in 2013 and 2014 respectively.