The strike action is affecting 36 ports and is the first by the International Longshoremen’s Association since 1977.

The former Home Office minister insisted he was unable to go into ‘particular cases’ when pressed to back up his claim.

Victoria Lupton has been in Lebanon with her husband and two-year-old daughter since September 17 and has a flight out booked for Wednesday.

The Georgia Democrat and 39th president was born on October 1 1924 in Plains, where he has lived more than 80 of his 100 years.

Coldplay frontman Chris Martin has confirmed the band will only make 12 studio albums together. The pop-rock group, comprised of vocalist Martin, guitarist Jonny Buckland, drummer Will Champion and ...

A lorry has fallen more than 60 feet from a bridge on the M6 in Cheshire. The vehicle plummeted from the Thelwall Viaduct between junctions 20 and 21, landing on the embankment below, Cheshire ...

Tory leadership hopeful James Cleverly has said he supports Israel’s military incursion into Lebanon. The former foreign secretary said that Israel has “the right to defend itself” but that his ...

"Tomorrow 1 Oct the energy Price Cap, which dictates the rate 8 in 10 Eng, Wales, Scot homes pay, rises by 10% - meaning bills do to. Yet wholesale rates, those energy firms buy at, have dropped in ...

The expansion of medical associate roles is causing ‘an increasing amount of disquiet’, the Academy of Medical Royal Colleges said.

An “extra-special” rare 50p coin inspired a mini-bidding war on eBay before selling for £4,000 last week, as Brits are being encouraged to check their change. You might have a small fortune lying ...

North Carolina’s governor predicted the toll would rise as rescuers and other emergency workers reach areas isolated by ...

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has spoken in public for the first time since being released from prison after he struck a deal with the United States. He travelled from Australia to Strasbourg to ...