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Spain’s government has lost two key votes to ratify a package of emergency measures aimed at tackling the nation’s housing affordability crisis. The legislators convened on Friday as protesters ...

Zara Shaw, Luke Etheridge and Jackson Duke died when a vehicle went into the River Wear in Sunderland on Tuesday.

Atherton suspected e-bike robbery: 18-year-old in critical condition after incident on Millers Lane. Greater Manchester Police appeal for witnesses and information.

The Foreign Secretary is expected to join the call as the Prime Minister is attending his father’s funeral on Friday afternoon.

Justice Minister Naomi Long urged the Orange Order to ‘do the right thing’ and not march, describing many feeling ‘despair’ at the situation.

A Scot who was released from an Indian jail after almost nine years remains in a “really dangerous and precarious situation”, campaigners working on his behalf have said. Dan Dolan, deputy chief ...

The family of a 16-year-old who died after a car plunged into the River Wear have paid tribute to their “beautiful girl”, saying she had a “zest for life”. Zara Shaw died when the vehicle went into ...

The RAC says the average price for a litre of diesel has risen to a new record high, with some forecasts charging 203p a litre on Friday.

The movement, which began as an online campaign and now calls itself the Cockroach Janata Party, organised street protests ...

The Democratic Republic of the Congo’s Ebola outbreak has recorded more than 4,000 deaths, authorities said, as they struggle ...

Cutlery and a distinctive chair designed by Mackintosh will also feature in the Lyon & Turnbull sale later this month.