Eight new cities have been created as part of the celebrations for the Queen's Platinum Jubilee taking place in two weeks.

Mass pitch invasions at two football grounds led to "physical and verbal" abuse as well as an altercation between a manager and a fan - in a night of clashes condemned as "disgusting".

The UK now has a record number of billionaires with 177, according to the new Sunday Times Rich List.

Britons must brace themselves for a "very unpleasant period", with "considerable" interest rate hikes now needed to prevent a re-run of the 1970s, former Bank of England governor Mervyn King has warned.

Australia has reported its first case of monkeypox in a traveller in his 30s who recently returned from Britain.

A US TV journalist is recovering after being struck in the head by a baseball travelling at 95mph.

Two sisters who "wonder how long they will be alive" have told of their "truly devastating" struggle living with a medical condition so rare only 200 people have been diagnosed worldwide - and which has already claimed the life of their elder sibling...

Retail sales staged a surprise recovery in April aided by strong alcohol sales, according to official figures, as a closely-watched measure of consumer confidence slumps to its lowest level since records began nearly 50 years ago.

Singer Ed Sheeran has said he and wife Cherry Seaborn are "over the moon" at the birth of their second daughter.

Veteran actor John Aylward, best known for his roles in the popular US TV shows ER and The West Wing has died aged 75.