A comprehensive assessment of England's waterways is the first in six years and shows little improvement.

Patrick McGee remembers talking to the woman sitting beside him as his Southwest Airlines flight approached Phoenix. His next clear memory was waking up in an ambulance.

Firm lifts outlook, saying it is well placed to benefit from PM’s focus on new homes despite cost pressures from Iran war The UK housebuilder Persimmon has lifted its outlook for the full year, saying it is “well-placed” to benefit from the prime minister Andy Burnham’s policy agenda, despite growing costs linked to the Iran war. Despite rising cost pressures, the company now plans to complete 12…

Meritocracy sounds positive until you examine its dark history and understand some of the biases that underpin it

A man accused of killing a British aid worker and disposing of her body in a suitcase has arrived for a court hearing in Athens.

Yinon Eliya Levi, 33, killed Palestinian activist Awdah Hathaleen during a confrontation in the South Hebron Hills village of Umm al-Khair last July.

With a new payment system still not in place, advocates for immigrant detainees fear some are going without necessary treatment as medical providers near a year without compensation.