By Lindsay Ash SOMEONE once said that “teachers are well overpaid as educators and massively underpaid as child carers”, and ...

Downing Street has dismissed suggestions that a reliance on renewable power was behind outages in Spain and Portugal, after Kemi Badenoch said it was likely to be the cause. The Conservative Party ...

Jacob Fearnley fell to defeat against Grigor Dimitrov after their Madrid Open third-round match resumed following Monday’s power-cut but Jack Draper progressed to the last 16. Fearnley’s match was ...

British and Indian ministers have met for “productive” trade talks, Downing Street said amid speculation that negotiations over a long-awaited deal are nearing the finish line. Trade Secretary ...

James Anderson will have to wait a little longer for his Lancashire comeback, with England’s record wicket-taker not yet ready to make his long-awaited return to action. The 42-year-old, who retired ...

The UK Government has rejected calls to join France in preparing to recognise the state of Palestine within months. Foreign Office minister Hamish Falconer said he informed Palestinian Authority prime ...

Helicopters have dropped water on large fires burning on the slopes of South Africa’s Table Mountain as police investigated whether arson was the cause. Table Mountain National Park first reported the ...

A 17-year-old boy has been sentenced to eight years in detention for the attempted murder of an Irish army chaplain last year. Fr Paul Murphy was stabbed seven times with a hunting knife while ...

Some Marks & Spencer stores have been left with empty shelves as the high street chain continues to be disrupted by the fallout of a cyber attack. The retailer said it has “pockets of limited ...

Two friends filmed themselves in a “moronic mission” to cut down the famous Sycamore Gap tree before keeping a wedge of the trunk as a “trophy” and “revelling” in their infamy when news broke the next ...

The husband and daughter of two murdered MPs have condemned Irish rap group Kneecap over footage allegedly showing the band calling for MPs to be killed. Brendan Cox, whose wife Jo Cox was murdered in ...

A 10th teenager has pleaded guilty to violent disorder after police responded to reports of people with weapons in the Essex seaside town of Southend-on-Sea last summer. The group, all of whom are ...