Trixie Baker inherited the hour hand upon the death of her father, Gonville and Caius College graduate Geoffrey Hunter Baker, ...

Thailand’s defence minister said three people are confirmed dead and 90 are missing at the site where a high-rise building ...

The demonstrations began last week following the arrest of Istanbul’s opposition Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu, a key rival to ...

A powerful earthquake rocked Myanmar and neighbouring Thailand on Friday, killing more than 150 people and destroying buildings, a bridge and a dam.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has proposed putting Ukraine under external governance under the UN as part of efforts to ...

A television cameraman was among two people who died on Friday when supporters of Nepal’s former king clashed with police during a rally in the capital to demand restoration of the Himalayan nation’s ...

The epicentre of the earthquake was in central Myanmar, 30 miles east of the city of Monywa. In the capital Naypyitaw, the ...

Lisa Jane Smith, author of the hit supernatural series The Vampire Diaries, has died aged 66. The American writer, known as LJ Smith, created the stories of the warring vampire brothers which were ...

A Metropolitan Police officer has been dismissed after he texted escorts and sex workers on his work phone. Pc Shabul Miah sent messages to “a large number” of different phone numbers linked to escort ...

Historic retailer WH Smith has quit the UK high street after 233 years. The books and stationery retailer has sold its 480 high street stores, which employ around 5,000 people, to Hobbycraft owner ...

Workers on a 24-hour walkout said they have been made to feel ‘worthless’ by management as they threaten more industrial action.