The best-selling author was known for a number of crime thrillers, including The Day of the Jackal, which was recently adapted into a Sky TV series.

An 11-year-old girl has also been left fighting for her life in hospital after the fire broke out in Heckmondwike on Sunday.

Nato secretary-general Mark Rutte has said he sees no discrepancy between the UK’s current defence spending goals and his own push for members to reach 5% of GDP. The Nato chief would not reveal the ...

A 14-year-old boy who was fatally stabbed in Manchester has been named by police as Ibrahima Seck, with his family paying tribute to him as “funny, caring and hardworking”. Ibrahima was found with ...

Valdo Calocane killed students Barnaby Webber and Grace O’Malley-Kumar, both 19, and caretaker Ian Coates, 65, in the city in June 2023.

Peter Brooks, 61, stabbed Graeme Perks and doused the ground floor of his home in petrol in the early hours of January 14 2021.

North East London NHS Foundation Trust was found guilty of health and safety failings over the death of Alice Figueiredo.

The former Tory leader described the Government’s response to plans for a new Chinese embassy in London as ‘Project Kowtow’.

In an appearance on the Sidetracked podcast Eavis, 45, outlined the changes that have been made to this year’s festival and said music area Shangri-La is “going full trees and green space” which is ...

The spending review is “settled”, Downing Street has said, after the Home Office was the last department locked in budget negotiations.

Angela Rayner has warned MPs not to underestimate her when it comes to the Government’s pledge to build 1.5 million homes by the end of this Parliament. “Underestimate me at your peril,” the Deputy ...

A tearful father told an inquest how his 15-year-old “beautiful son” suddenly collapsed after an unsanctioned kickboxing match. Stephen Eastwood, 40, from Liverpool, said he stayed with his son Alex ...