National News

Sara Sharif was hooded, restrained and beaten with a belt buckle and pole in a campaign of abuse lasting more than two years before her death, a court has heard..

Former Chelsea boss Thomas Tuchel is in current talks with the Football Association over the England manager vacancy, according to reports..

The mother of Salisbury poisonings victim Dawn Sturgess has said her family found comfort that she was the only person to be killed by the Russian nerve agent Novichok when the potential harm was much, much more..

Sir Alex Ferguson will step away from a reported £2million-a-year ambassador role with Manchester United at the end of the season as part of a club cost-cutting exercise..

Funeral directors could work at home and keep bodies of dead people in their garages, an inquiry chairman has warned as he called for a regulator to police the sector..

The Prime Minister has declined to rule out increasing employers national insurance contributions at the Budget but insisted Labour would keep its promise not to raise taxes on working people..

The Kings long-standing youth charity in the UK will formally operate under its new name from Tuesday..

The birth of a rare calf said to be the smallest species of wild cattle was captured on video at Chester Zoo..

There is an urgent need for a rapid turnaround of Englands health watchdog owing to significant failings in how it works, according to a damning review..