Official figures showed nearly 55,000 migrants were handed refugee status or another type of permission to stay in Britain in the year to December.

The Home Office confirmed 605 migrants were brought ashore at Ramsgate port in Kent after being picked up mid-Channel by the UK Border Force.

The actor, 64, has spent three years trying to stop neighbours Theo Langton and Ruth McGill turning a temporary woodland encampment into a permanent travellers' site.

The luxury supermarket says sourcing of fresh, chilled and frozen mackerel will be suspended by April 29 with tinned mackerel following suit when the current stock is sold.

Kate demonstrated her thrifty approach to dressing by re-wearing an Alexander McQueen coat today as she joined William at a community event in Wales.

Brothers Aman, 36, and Gavin Deshi, 33, won the 38th iteration of the UK's official fish and chip competition.

Alvi Choudhury, 26, was working from home in Southampton at the house he shares with his parents when officers arrested him and held him in custody for 10 hours.

Piers Morgan has weighed in on the BAFTAs controvery surrounding Tourette's sufferer John Davidson - hitting out at critic Jamie Foxx. 

Child murderer Ian Huntley has been attacked in his prison cell.

A sound system blasts out a ­hideous recording of howling wolves as a terrified lamb tries to jump a steel barrier to escape a slaughterman who is about to slit its throat in an English abattoir.

Meghan Markle appeared to opt for a very royal-esque ensemble as she and Prince Harry kicked off their two-day visit to Jordan this morning.

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex watched a music class at the Za'atari camp for Syrian refugees near Mafraq, and visited burns victims from Gaza amid disarray among the royal family back in the UK.

Lindsay Hoyle told MPs he passed on the information to Scotland Yard that led to Lord Mandelson being dramatically arrested at his home on Monday afternoon.

Gloucestershire Police confirmed it has closed its criminal investigation into the death of 33-year-old Alice Webb after the man arrested on suspicion of manslaughter died while on police bail.

From captivating moments underwater to mammals interacting with human items on land, the World Nature Photography Award winners have been announced for 2026.

Peter Leonard, 42, and wife Kelly, 46, sued Muriel Whiston over the feature which she had erected to keep her sheep penned in. They said the Charolais sheep breeder was 'abusive and aggressive'.

The tragic exchange was captured on camera as the child lay in a hospital bed with catastrophic injuries.

Former double glazing salesman David Ames was jailed for defrauding 8,000 victims in the scam unwittingly backed by ex-golfer Gary Player and former Wimbledon champion Pat Cash.

Daniel Toma, 41, erected the giant fortress-like metal garage beside his modest end-of-terrace home in Borehamwood, Hertfordshire, without ever obtaining planning permission.

Professor Stephen Hawking was seen grinning from ear-to-ear as he sat sandwiched between two bikini-clad women in a photo released in the Jeffrey Epstein files.

Sir Christian Turner is said to have served guests fish and chips and 'Turner Tonic' cocktails on his official debut as the UK's top diplomat in Washington DC .

Mountains of loo roll, 6,000 litres of water, chickens and a bottle of fine Scotch whisky. The Swedish island of Gotland is readying itself - and it's the women who are stepping up...

The one room shed in Cornwall has a guide price of between £80,000 to £100,000 and is commonly known as 'The Shop'.

Energy regulator Ofgem's price cap will drop from the current £1,758 to £1,641 - a reduction of around £10 a month for the average household using both electricity and gas.

The one room shed in Cornwall has a guide price of between £80,000 to £100,000 and is commonly known as 'The Shop'.

Standing before a fractured Capitol and a captivated nation, the 47th President walked into the House Chamber for his State of the Union speech.

Criticising royalty is not normally permitted but the damp Lib Dems were going to be jolly, jolly naughty. Enter His Magnificence Sir Ed Davey...

The British Medical Association said the move would likely be presented as a 'major win' for patient access but family doctors will be 'left reeling' at the requirement.

Naga Munchetty was initially placed under review in August after it was claimed several colleagues had logged concerns over her 'hard' and 'bullying' behaviour.

In the call, a dispatcher from the Los Angeles Fire Department was heard telling first responders that the nature of the wound was 'self-inflicted.'

Stone, 65, claims to be innocent of the Chillenden Murders. If true, that would make him the victim of one of the greatest miscarriages of justice in British criminal history, writes GUY ADAMS.

Spanish islands are this week moving to ban Brits from buying a second home or retirement property in holiday hotspots under new draconian plans.

Joshua Myers and Jordan Everett, both 16, died instantly when they were struck by an inter-city service near Poynton station in Cheshire on July 3 last year.

As day one of their explosive nine-day trial kicks off, Ioan Gruffudd told the court about his ex-wife's social media posts and how they impacted his life and relationship with his daughters.

Savannah Guthrie has now offered a $1 million reward for her kidnapped mother, Nancy Guthrie, after the weeks-long search has yielded no answers.