The presidential candidate of the conservative coalition that has governed Uruguay for the past five years conceded defeat on Sunday after a close run-off election even as the vote count continued.

Upgrades to Openreach’s ultrafast full fibre broadband could deliver a £66 billion boost to the UK economy in the next few years, research suggests. The upgrade is expected to drive productivity gains ...

Hundreds of properties have been flooded, roads were turned into rivers and winds of up to 82mph were recorded during Storm Bert.

However, the youngster – whose favourite character from the JK Rowling book series is Harry – was left “sad” after he ...

British spies will seek to counter the threat of Russian cyber warfare with a new laboratory for artificial intelligence, a minister will announce, as he insists Vladimir Putin will fail to deter ...

Smoking could cause almost 300,000 cancer cases in the UK over the next five years, according to new analysis. The “magnitude of damage” caused by cigarettes and tobacco “cannot be ignored”, Cancer ...

Hours after the rain subsided, rescuers were still searching for a missing five-year-old girl in the inundated neighbourhood of Bajo Llojeta.

Thousands of bar staff will be trained to deal with incidents of spiking under Government plans as Sir Keir Starmer demands joint action from police and hospitality chiefs to tackle violence against ...

A British man has reportedly been captured by Russian forces while fighting for Ukraine. In a widely circulated video on Sunday, first posted on Telegram, the man identifies himself as James Scott ...

Dame Priti Patel and Robert Jenrick suggested the International Criminal Court decision had ‘no proper basis in international law’.

NHS managers who silence whistleblowers face being barred from the profession under Government plans. A new statutory duty of candour making health bosses legally accountable for responding to ...

Police have issued a correction to previous reports of a man having been stabbed on Westminster Bridge, revealing he wasn't stabbed.