Six days of funeral observances for Jimmy Carter are due to begin in Georgia, where the former US president died on December 29 at the age of 100. The first events reflect Mr Carter’s climb up the ...

Colin Firth portrays Dr Jim Swire in a new TV series about his fight for justice after the death of his daughter Flora.

These days, reaching a century is not uncommon, but in the 1800s extreme long life was very much the exception. Disease was rife and average ...

Police confirmed they were supporting the family of Edward Pettifer, 31, of Chelsea, who was killed in the attack in Bourbon Street.

Kidman recalled how she was unable to accept her best actress award at the Venice Film Festival due to her mother’s death.

Councillors have received a recommendation to refuse plans that would have seen four new homes built on Green Belt land in Chipperfield.

Tottenham boss Ange Postecoglou has played down talk of a problem with James Maddison after the midfielder spent his Sunday night at the World Darts Championship, having reported ill before the Wolves ...

The 17-year-old consolidated his status as the biggest star in the game by winning the World Championship on Friday night.

Tomiko Itooka, a Japanese woman who was the world’s oldest person according to Guinness World Records, has died aged 116, officials said. Ms Itooka died on December 29 at a care home in Ashiya, Hyogo ...

Happy Valley, starring James Norton, has won awards including a BAFTA. Catherine Cawood’s (Sarah Lancashire) final kitchen showdown with James Norton’s Tommy Lee Royce in the series also won the P&O ...

A fire that broke out at a shopping centre in Dallas has killed more than 500 animals, most of which were small birds, authorities said. The 579 animals in the pet shop at Plaza Latina in the ...