Veterans and their families marked 80 years since VE Day at a tea party hosted by the Royal British Legion in Staffordshire on Thursday.

Mount Kilimanjaro came from the clouds to provide Aidan O’Brien with yet another win in the Boodles Raindance Dee Stakes at Chester. O’Brien is now the leading trainer in the race’s history, and this ...

More than 40 Labour MPs have urged the Prime Minister to pause and reassess planned cuts to disability benefits, saying current proposals are “impossible to support”.

This blog will share stories, pictures and information on events, memorials and celebrations taking place to mark the 80 year anniversary of VE Day.

Andrew Johnston, 30, who competed as a singer on the television programme, was cleared of raping two women after a trial at Southwark Crown Court.

DUP MLA Trevor Clarke made the challenge to Sinn Fein MLA Gerry Kelly at a Northern Ireland Policing Board meeting.

On May 8 1945, the nation celebrated Victory in Europe, with church bells ringing out to mark the end of the Second World War.

Higher education institutions have announced redundancies and course closures over the past year as a result of growing financial pressures.

The Bristol Central MP was one of four Greens elected to Parliament in last year’s general election, the best result the party has ever had.

Scotland fell silent to remember its wartime heroes, with a series of events taking place around the country to mark the 80th anniversary of VE Day. At the Scottish Parliament and at public spaces ...

Arsenal, Manchester City, Newcastle, Chelsea, Nottingham Forest and Aston Villa remain in contention for the four places behind Liverpool.

Thursday’s base rate reduction by the Bank of England would help boost housing market activity, property experts said.