Brendan O’Carroll has announced the Mrs Brown’s Boys Christmas and New Year’s specials have been cancelled as he faces an “unexpected medical issue”..

US actress Hayden Panettiere, best known for her roles in Heroes and Nashville, has died aged 36..

Wessex Water has become the latest utility to announce a hosepipe ban after weeks of hot and dry weather have plunged large parts of the country into drought.

US actress Hayden Panettiere, best known for her roles in Heroes and Nashville, has died aged 36..

British sprinter Amy Hunt was delighted to have succeeded beyond her wildest dreams after becoming the first athlete to win four gold medals at a single European Championships..

Residents evacuated after a wildfire in Stourbridge have started returning to their homes as firefighters continue tackling ongoing blazes across the UK..

Sebastien Pocognoli has been confirmed as the new Scotland head coach..

Arsenal set down a Community Shield marker for the new season by beating Manchester City 3-0 in Cardiff..

A murder investigation has been launched after the death of a man who was bitten by a dog on a footpath often used by walkers, police said..

More than £40,000 has been raised for the family of former Cambridge professor Jason Arday after a Windrush campaigner launched a fundraising drive in his memory..

A Reform UK government would cut £50 billion from the welfare bill, with almost three million people seeing disability and sickness payments withdrawn or modified, Robert Jenrick said..

The Golden Girl of British Athletics has added the Women's 4x100m title to the individual sprint titles she won earlier in the week.

The wildfire which spread across more than 500 acres and destroyed 19 homes on Thursday is now under control .

A powerful magnitude 7.7 earthquake struck off the coast of Indonesia early on Saturday, killing at least 38 people..

The family of former University of Cambridge professor Jason Arday said they are “in shock to have lost this amazing father, partner, brother, uncle and son”, adding “the campaign of misinformation was too much for Jason”..

Liverpool owners Fenway Sports Group has announced the sale of a minority stake in the Premier League club to a consortium including Amazon founder Jeff Bezos..

Investigations into two train derailments in two days “will look at all possible causes and factors”, a Network Rail boss said, adding the hot weather had “presented exceptional challenges to the railway”..

Mobile phone users in England and Wales have received an emergency alert, warning them not to light anything that could spark a fire..

A huge wildfire in the West Midlands completely destroyed 19 homes after it rapidly spread to buildings during the UK’s hottest day of the year..

A second train has derailed less than 24 hours after two passengers were seriously injured when a Southern Rail service came off the tracks in East Sussex..