The star of screen and stage, who died in hospital on Friday aged 89, portrayed Violet Crawley, Dowager Countess of Grantham in the hit ITV drama.

Fierce winds almost unseated him and the sea nearly swept his tent away but nothing could stop a university student from cycling the entire length of Norway for charity. Ed Watson, a medical student ...

NHS data shows that the proportion of women using the pill as their main form of contraception has dropped from 47 in 2012-13 to 27 in 2022-23.

Two consecutive Russian attacks on a medical centre in the north-eastern Ukrainian city of Sumy has killed at least eight people. The first strike killed one person and Russia attacked again while ...

Police have seized cocaine worth an estimated £600,000 after a car was searched. Officers stopped a vehicle on the A702 in Abington, Lanarkshire on Friday afternoon, with the drugs found when they ...

University students are urged by health officials to use condoms when having sex amid high rates of gonorrhoea and syphilis among young people.

Strictly Come Dancing star Gorka Marquez was quick to apologise to Gemma Atkinson after making a comment on a BBC show.

Airstrikes overnight have further dampened hopes of a ceasefire in the region and raised concerns that a regional war could break out.

Israeli military carried out several strikes on targets in southern Beirut, including Hezbollah’s headquarters.

Daniel Radcliffe has shared a touching tribute to the late Dame Maggie Smith, the two starred in Harry Potter together.

The vice president walked a stretch of the border in Arizona and called for a further tightening of asylum restrictions.

The PA news agency understands the UK Government has successfully asked airlines to increase capacity on routes out of Lebanon.