Last year was the fourth-busiest in the charity’s 201-year history, with lifeboats launched more than 9,100 times across the UK and Ireland.

A man shot dead by police at Milton Keynes railway station “moved at speed” towards officers with a knife, police have said. Officers had been called to the station at around 12.55pm on Tuesday ...

Firefighters have worked through the night tackling a blaze which broke out on an industrial estate on Tuesday afternoon, leaving six people needing hospital treatment. Six fire engines went to the ...

Sir Keir Starmer and British businesses are braced for the impact of Donald Trump’s “liberation day” tariffs, which have the potential to derail the Government’s hopes for economic growth.

Jack the Ripper was a serial killer who murdered five women but he was never caught for his crimes - here are his victims.

The exhibition features finds from the Thames foreshore and explores the role of mudlarks in uncovering history.

Heathrow Airport was warned about its power supply in the days before it closed because of an outage, MPs were told. Nigel Wicking, chief executive of Heathrow Airline Operators Committee, which ...