Helicopter crashes into Hudson River near Manhattan

It was Margaret Thatcher who famously said that in politics, the unexpected always happens.

Prisons across England and Wales are at their highest capacity for months, with fewer cells available than at any time this year.

Prisons across England and Wales are at their highest capacity for months, with fewer cells available than at any time this year.

Four Russian journalists accused of working with the late opposition leader Alexei Navalny have been sentenced to five-and-a-half years in prison each.

An ancient oak tree thought to be more than 400 years old has been cut down in what has been called a "depressing" and "devastating" crime in north...