The European Convention on Human Rights was first signed on November 4 1950 and came into force on September 3 1953.

The decrease to less than 5, after average mortgage rates sat above this level in October, is a ‘notable milestone’, ...

A man has been charged over a mass stabbing on a busy train in Cambridgeshire and is also accused of attempted murder after an incident on a different train earlier that day.

The family of the late rugby league star Rob Burrow has opened the first purpose-built centre dedicated entirely to MND care, research and support, which has been hailed as a “transformative moment in ...

The Stormont Education Minister has been criticised for a trip to Israel during which he asked his department to highlight his visit to a school.

Passengers have been escorted from a train after it derailed in Cumbria.

A railway worker who showed “incredible bravery” to save lives during a mass stabbing on a busy train is in a critical but stable condition in hospital, Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander said.

A man has been charged with attempted murder after a mass stabbing on a London-bound train. Multiple people were stabbed on the 6.25pm LNER service from Doncaster to London King's Cross on Saturday ...

A man in his 40s has died after he was stabbed inside a home in Kent. Officers were called to reports of an assault in Castle Road, Chatham just before 10.15am on November 1. South East Coast ...

The US government shutdown is poised to become the longest ever this week as the impasse between Democrats and Republicans dragged into a new month. Millions of people in America could lose food aid ...

Emergency services have been called to a train derailment in Cumbria. North West Ambulance Service (NWAS) said it had sent paramedics to the scene near the village of Shap, which is on the West Coast ...