Professor Alexis Jay wrote a report into sexual exploitation of children in Rotherham, before leading the wide-ranging IICSA probe.

Northern Irish drag queen Blu Hydrangea, who competed against The Vivienne in the first series of RuPaul’s Drag Race UK, praised their co-star as a “class act, a mentor, an absolute superstar” and ...

Motorists travelling in and around St Albans will have 10 closures to avoid in the coming weeks. Four of the closures are expected to cause delays of between 10 minutes and half an hour. The latest ...

France’s former president Nicolas Sarkozy and 11 co-defendants have gone on trial over the alleged illegal financing of his 2007 presidential campaign by the government of then-Libyan leader Muammar ...

Sister Simona Brambilla has been named prefect of the department responsible for all of the Catholic Church’s religious orders.

Austria’s President has tasked far-right Freedom Party leader Herbert Kickl with trying to form a new government. Mr Kickl’s party won Austria’s parliamentary election in September, taking 28.8% of ...

Herts County Council has said there is "no quick fix" for the flooding which caused a key road closure on A1081 London Colney.

Sunday was the UK’s coldest night of the winter so far, with a temperature of minus 13.3C recorded in Loch Glascarnoch in the Highlands.

Officers have released CCTV images of two men they wish to speak to after damage was caused by fireworks posted through a letterbox. Sussex Police are seeking to identify the pair as they investigate ...

The Office of Rail and Road announced that the amount paid by operators to use the High Speed 1 line for the five years from April should be cut.

Abud, 22, was linked to the weapon after police searched his phone and found a video of the revolver-style gun, Northumbria ...

Planning permission has been granted for a new mini-golf course at a Maidenhead Aquatics, St Albans, featuring fish-themed holes.