The statement reiterated China’s stance that is open to talks, but also that Beijing is determined to fight if it must.

In one of the closest parliamentary votes ever, new MP Sarah Pochin took the seat which Labour won with a majority of almost 14,700 last year.

Their friend and translator in Peru, Alec Hughes, rescued the duo. He took about a week to reach them before towing their nine metre-long rowing boat named Velocity back to their start point of La ...

Certain iPhones will be left unable to access WhatsApp from Monday (May 5) - find out why and see the full list of devices affected.

Reform’s victory at Runcorn & Helsby by just six votes has set a new record for the smallest majority at a parliamentary by-election since the end of the Second World War. Sarah Pochin took the seat ...

Nigel Farage’s Reform UK has secured victory by six votes over Labour in Runcorn and Helsby as Sir Keir Starmer failed his first by-election test as Prime Minister. The narrow victory for new MP Sarah ...

Ryan Hawley and his character Robert Sugden will make a "surprise" return to Emmerdale in June 2025, The Sun has revealed.

A WOMAN from a village near Stroud has been found guilty of driving while nearly FOUR times the cocaine limit.

The order further requires agencies work to root out indirect sources of public financing for the news organisations.

A RETIRED Stroud journalist has published her latest book. Carole Taylor's new book, Living Life Backwards, was published this week. This is the second book in a trilogy focusing on women who faced ...

South Korea is holding an early presidential election on June 3 after conservative president Yoon Suk Yeol was ousted over his imposition of martial law. Mr Han had been appointed prime minister, the ...