Hundreds gathered on the dunes before making dashes towards the sea at Gravelines beach, north east Calais, all intent on boarding a single dinghy.

Energy firm Utilita is to pay around £277,000 in compensation after failing to pay its Warm Home Discount payments on time, Ofgem said. The regulator found Utilita – which supplies 800,000 customers – ...

Ante-post favourite Illinois headlines eight declarations for Thursday’s Gold Cup at Royal Ascot. His trainer Aidan O’Brien has won the two-and-a-half-mile highlight a record nine times, with ...

Mercedes boss Toto Wolff has called Red Bull’s protest “petty” and “embarrassing” after George Russell beat reigning world champion Max Verstappen at Sunday’s Canadian Grand Prix.

The Justice Secretary has described measures proposing to decriminalise abortion as “extreme” as she outlined her opposition ahead of a vote by MPs. Amendments likely to be debated on Tuesday are ...

Brand new quiz show Celebrity Puzzling, starring Jeremy Vine, Carol Vorderman and Sally Lindsay begins on Channel 5 next Monday (June 23).

A woman has died after being found with stab wounds inside a house where a gas explosion took place. The 46-year-old was found fatally injured inside a house in Dumont Road, Stoke Newington, ...

The Scottish Government has announced when the two-child cap will effectively end in Scotland. The Social Justice Secretary said the Westminster policy will be mitigated from March 2 next year – just ...

Work to get US tariffs on UK steel removed will go on in the coming “days, weeks and months”, the Transport Secretary has said, after a deal was finalised that left the future of those levies up in ...

TV star Kim Woodburn, who rose to fame presenting How Clean Is Your House?, has died at the age of 83 following a short illness, her manager said. Woodburn also appeared in Celebrity Big Brother in ...

UN officials say Israeli military restrictions, a breakdown of law and order, and widespread looting make it difficult to deliver aid.

Anglian Water has revealed stronger profits on the back of price increases for households, as the water supplier also reported another jump in debts over the past year. The utilities firm, which ...