Deaths expected as Kumamoto shaken by 6.8-magnitude quake, knocking out power and damaging buildings ...

Chris Philp says patrol vessel may have been trying to stop him highlighting the small boats crisis ...

Emmanuel Macron warns that ‘we have to hold out’ as fires burn near city; Spain’s prime minister Pedro Sanchez warns of ‘difficult hours’ ahead ...

Pharmaceuticals company is investing £400m in UK life sciences and moving scientists to new Cambridge R&D site ...

Co-presenter of former BBC motoring show given penalty after being caught twice in three weeks ...

Authorities say the killings fit the definition of family annihilation, one of at least eight in the US this year ...

Chair of judges Mary Beard said each of the 13 books in contention for the £50,000 award ‘takes the reader to new places’ ...

Coming days are ‘absolutely critical’ for firefighters before temperatures rise again this week, officials say ...

US states and federal government tracking cases as outbreak comes amid cuts to public health funding ...

Open-source questions stir frank discussion – and both sides have clear economic incentives for where they land ...

Roberto Mancini has agreed to be Italy head coach for a second time ...

Waste firm Veolia pays £27k after ‘Yes it’s a Genocide’ banner taken by Greater London Authority was destroyed ...