It is the fifth medal near-miss for Team GB at these Games. Muir might well consider herself the unluckiest Olympian here after being so close twice.

The Rev Jesse L Jackson, a protege of the Rev Martin Luther King Jr and two-time presidential candidate who led the civil rights movement for decades after Rev King’s assassination, has died. He was ...

Documents appear to show the former duke sharing confidential reports from his role as the UK’s trade envoy with sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

Across the year, insurers paid out £1.2 billion in weather‑related property claims, the Association of British Insurers said.

The commander of the US military – and Nato forces – in Europe, General Alexus Grynkewich, and Secretary of the US Army Dan Driscoll will attend the meeting in Geneva on behalf of the US military and ...

Golden eagles in the south of Scotland face an “unacceptable risk” from a proposed wind farm, a charity has claimed. Restoring Upland Nature (RUN) is urging a Scottish Borders Council committee to ...

Unemployment has unexpectedly risen to a near five-year high with the jobless rate among young people at its worst level for more than a decade, official figures show. The Office for National ...

YouTuber and experimental singer-songwriter Look Mum No Computer will represent the UK at the Eurovision Song Contest in Vienna in May, the BBC has announced. The electronics performer and ...

IHG, which also runs the Crowne Plaza and Hotel Indigo brands, revealed that total revenue grew by 5 to 5.19 billion dollars (£3.8 billion).

People are marking the Lunar New Year on Tuesday with prayers, fireworks and festivities. The activities ushered in the Year of the Horse, one of 12 animals in the Chinese zodiac, succeeding the Year ...

Debenhams said its turnaround plan is ‘going apace’ and held firm its targets for the financial year, after an upgrade last month.

Adventurer Bear Grylls has labelled his new BBC reality series which is set in the Welsh wilderness as “one of the most ...