Belarus’ authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko has extended his more than three decades in power after an orchestrated election that the opposition and the European Union rejected as a sham.

A man has been remanded into custody accused of murdering a university lecturer. Paul Antony Butler, 53, appeared before Plymouth Magistrates’ Court accused of killing Claire Chick, 48. Butler, of ...

Former foreign secretary Mr Cleverly said it is ‘good that Keir Starmer had an extended conversation with President Trump’.

THE Celebration of Women in Sport Awards are set to return this year. The event will take place on Friday, May 23, as part of the Melrose Sevens celebrations. Awards will honour the women and teams ...

TransPennine Express has unveiled a new photography exhibition at two railway stations to celebrate its ‘inclusive’ workforce.

Residents in eastern Congo’s largest city, Goma, woke up on Monday morning afraid and uncertain about who is in control of the area after Rwanda-backed rebels claimed to have captured it, amid an ...

Support has been signified for new signage at a Peebles museum which pays homage to a famous thriller writer and historian.

Paul Nicholls, the 14-times champion jumps trainer, said he did not want to comment on the matter at Cheltenham on Saturday, but Gold Cup and Grand National-winning handler Kim Bailey thinks the idea ...

Stronger safeguards are needed in the proposed new law on assisted dying to protect against people requesting to end their lives because they feel they are a burden on society, James Cleverly has said ...

It is not often goalkeeping coaches hit the headlines, but Manchester United’s Jorge Vital has done precisely that. United head coach Ruben Amorim indicated he would rather pick Vital, 63, in his ...

Women were particularly likely to say they were worrying more about money now than a year ago, StepChange Debt Charity research found.

Police have released an e-fit image of a man they want to identify after a woman walking alone in west London was pushed into a car and later raped.