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US treasury secretary Scott Bessent has announced new sanctions against Russia’s two biggest oil companies and condemned Moscow’s refusal to end its “senseless war” on Ukraine..

A migrant who was deported to France under the “one-in, one-out” deal has re-entered the UK on a small boat..

A 15-year-old boy who stabbed fellow pupil Harvey Willgoose to death during a school lunch break can be named, a judge has ruled..

Charities are predicting a shortfall of three million volunteers over the next year, warning it will jeopardise essential services from hospices, conservation, animal welfare, and local community support..

Older women who clock up 4,000 steps a day just once or twice a week cut their chance of early death by 26%, research suggests..

Inflation unexpectedly remained steady last month as upward pressure from petrol prices was offset by easing food costs, according to official figures..

The first NHS patient has received a pioneering new treatment for liver cancer, which uses focused ultrasound waves to destroy the disease..

Six people were arrested as Irish police were attacked with missiles and fireworks after violence flared outside a Dublin hotel used to house asylum seekers..

A mother whose two sons were killed by their father said she hopes they would be proud after a decade of campaigning in their names has resulted in a promised change in the law on parental contact..