Five days of books, big ideas and lively debate are promised as the Budleigh Salterton Literary Festival returns to the seaside town from ...

A controversial plan to redraw Devon’s council map could be finished for the rest of this government, East Devon’s leader has predicted ...

Police are “conducting inquiries” after far-right activist Danny Tommo filmed himself apparently slashing the side of a dinghy with a rescue crew member still on board. The 37-year-old appeared to ...

Sharif and Sara’s stepmother, Beinash Batool, from Woking in Surrey, were jailed for life in December for years of horrific “torture” and “despicable” abuse that culminated in the 10-year-old’s murder ...

The S&P Global flash UK composite purchasing managers’ index recorded a reading of 51.7 for September, down from 52.5 in August.

The US National Hurricane Centre (NHC) in Miami called Polo an “extremely dangerous” storm and forecast the system would turn sharply to the north-west before moving west-northwest over the next ...

Two people were killed and 23 were injured in Kyiv and black smoke floated above the city following the latest in what have been daily Russian attacks that torment Ukrainian civilians. The drones set ...

The Home Secretary has ordered an urgent review after Border Force failed to intercept a second migrant boat in two days before they reached the Kent coast. Twenty-one people have been detained by ...

Three gunmen barged into a small house in an impoverished neighbourhood in South Africa and opened fire on a group enjoying a party inside, killing at least 11 people including a pregnant woman, ...

The unscheduled meeting – the first indirect talks between US and Iranian officials since a June ceasefire unravelled – came ...

Maree Todd said the Scottish Government must work ‘harder and faster’ amid the flood of power synthetic drugs.