Israel has released 110 Palestinian prisoners after eight hostages in the Gaza Strip were freed by Hamas-led militants earlier in the day. It was a sometimes chaotic process that briefly called the ...

Joe Saumarez Smith has stood down from his role as chair of the British Horseracing Authority with immediate effect due to deteriorating health.

The former head of a South African arts festival has been appointed chief executive of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe Society. Tony Lankester joins the society from Riverside Studios in Hammersmith, ...

Mr Trump blamed previous administrations’ efforts to promote diversity at federal agencies for contributing to the crash.

City will face one of those two European heavyweights in the Champions League next month after scraping through to the play-off round on Wednesday.

The 45-year-old and his partner Gemma Watts, 49, have admitted murder and perverting the course of justice by dismembering Ms Mayhew’s body, distributing the parts at “various locations” and cleaning ...

Essex University and Harwich's Electric Palace Theatre held a screening and talk to mark the 80th anniversary of the liberation ...

Two eight-year-old best friends have raised £1,400 for a foodbank as they gear up for a huge physical challenge.

A COLCHESTER mother battling to get the right support for her child with special educational needs says the county council is continuing to ...

Ben Wase was sentenced at Colchester Magistrates' Court for his part in stealing thousands of pounds' worth of products from Go Outdoors.

A man whose father, brother and sister died “in dreadful circumstances” has told MPs their sympathy “only goes so far” as he urged them to get on with the process to legalise assisted dying.

Ireland interim boss Simon Easterby expects Sam Prendergast and Jack Crowley to be long-term rivals for the team’s number 10 jersey but insists the former is the “right man” to start against England.