A “rare” first edition of JRR Tolkien book The Hobbit discovered during a house clearance in Bristol has sold at auction for £43,000. It is one of only 1,500 copies printed in September 1937, ...

A meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and US President Donald Trump would be their first since Mr Trump returned to office this year.

The first detentions came as people arrived in Dover on Wednesday, the first day the pilot scheme came into force.

An emergency alert drill in a month’s time “will be one of the biggest public safety exercises” in UK history, a Cabinet minister has said. Pat McFadden said mobile phone alerts could save lives ...

The average house price jumped by 0.4% or more than £1,000 in cash terms in July, Halifax has reported. Across the UK, the average property value in July was £298,237, up from £297,157 in June.

Town’s goal rush came from three debutants, with winger Brandon Hill bagging a brace as his side dominated proceedings after an evenly ...

Just after midnight, goods from more than 60 countries and the European Union became subject to tariff rates of 10 or higher.

Woakes was suffering from a suspected dislocated shoulder sustained in trying to prevent a boundary on day one.

Because of record global heat in 2023 and 2024, the world is still going through its biggest – and fourth ever recorded – mass coral bleaching event on record, with heat stress hurting nearly 84% of ...

The Slovenia international, who scored 21 goals in 45 appearances in all competitions last term, has long been on the Red Devils’ radar, stretching back to when he moved from Domzale to RB Salzburg in ...

New research from Online Marketing Surgery and MG Timber has found Hampshire's cheapest place for a pint in 2025 ...

Saturday’s lottery jackpot will be an estimated £7.3 million after no players won Wednesday’s top prize. The winning Lotto numbers were 17, 31, 47, 05, 58 and 09, while the bonus number was 35.