The UK has announced sanctions against 30 ships in Russia’s so-called “shadow fleet” which officials say were responsible for transporting billions of pounds of oil and oil products in the last year.

At least 17 people are missing after a tourist yacht sank in the Red Sea, Egyptian officials said. The governor of the Red Sea region, Amr Hanafy, said rescuers saved 28 people from the vessel south ...

Storm Bert continued to cause disruption across the UK on Monday, with severe flooding in areas of Wales and Northamptonshire. The Billing Aquadrome leisure park near Northampton has been severely ...

Jurgen Maier’s comments come after energy secretary Ed Miliband vowed to take on ‘blockers’ of power schemes earlier this year.

Southall strived hard to reduce the arrears in the deteriorating conditions with stronger winds and heavier rain.

Virgin Atlantic’s boss has revealed he never meets his British Airways counterpart alone because he does “not want to get caught out”. Shai Weiss said he has “professional respect” for Sean Doyle but ...

Media personality Christine Hamilton said Storm Bert has brought the worst flooding in two decades after her kitchen was submerged in two inches of water.

Ellen 'Titch' Knighton from the Ladies 1s who held Oxford University to a draw (Image: Helen Hornsby) The Ladies 3s faced Romsey and were left ruing an unlucky five-minute spell that led to a 2-0 ...

A man who identifies himself as James Scott Rhys Anderson said he signed up to fight for Ukraine’s International Legion after losing his job.

Women emerging from humble beginnings to achieve great things was a constant theme in Barbara Taylor Bradford’s novels, echoing her own rise to sparkling literary success, and in 2009 I was honoured ...

More than a dozen people are missing after a tourist cruise vessel sank in the Red Sea, officials in Egypt have said. Authorities were searching for 17 people who went missing, the governor of the Red ...

The Taoiseach said he hoped voters would not judge him on the basis of a criticised encounter with a disability care worker in Co Cork.