Wes Streeting has described nurses as “the backbone of our NHS” after a staff member was left in a critical condition by a stabbing in a hospital’s A&E department.

Police were called at 10.35pm on Saturday to reports of gun shots being fired in separate incidents in Hackney, east London.

Firefighters scrambled on Sunday to make further progress against wildfires that have killed 16 people in the Los Angeles area as forecasters again warned of dangerous weather with the return of ...

The annual No Trousers Tube Ride event has returned in colourful fashion as people stripped down to their underwear and hopped on the London Underground. Hordes of bare legs were seen at Newport Place ...

Ten-man Manchester United saw off Arsenal in a penalty shootout at the Emirates to book their place in the fourth round of the FA Cup. Bruno Fernandes fired United ahead after 52 minutes before Diogo ...

Searchers in the Dolomites said they have found items belonging to Aziz Ziriat, 36, who has been missing since January 1.

North Yorkshire Police Constable Rosie Prior’s family described her as “a loving mum, wife, daughter, sister, aunty” who will be ...

Amanda Hull has been missing since January 7 and understandably so her family and friends are becoming increasingly worried.

A young gorilla rescued from a plane’s cargo hold is recovering at an Istanbul zoo, officials said, while wildlife officers consider returning him to his natural habitat. The five-month-old gorilla ...

Cumali Turhan, 46, was last seen in The Globe pub in Rainsford Road, Chelmsford, in the early hours of November 19.

Police were called to Royal Oldham Hospital at 11.30pm on Saturday to reports of a stabbing, Greater Manchester Police said.

Following a surge in cases overseas, find out more about HMPV including symptoms, how it spreads, UK cases and should we be worried.