Flushing them down the sink and loo is fuelling the tide of pollution in seas and rivers, according to the study

Man in his fifties found with multiple stab wounds in Catford

Millions of Brits struggle with basic geography knowledge - with more than one in five unaware Europe is a continent, a study has found. Researchers found two thirds have no idea the world is made up of seven land masses, with one in four wrongly believing there are only five. ...

If there’s only one thing more exciting than jetting off to the paradise Caribbean island of St Lucia, it’s heading there during Jazz Festival week in May. As visitors go through immigration at the airport, they’re invited to get a festival stamp, such is its level of prominence on the ...

The youth, one of six teenagers arrested in connection with the shocking violence, has also been charged with a drugs offence

In 2014, Antoine Fuqua’s screen adaptation of the popular 1980s series The Equalizer took the box office by storm and went on to break more records by making almost 4 times more than it cost to make, not least thanks to the star power of its lead actor and all ...

Scientists say the discovery bodes well in the search for alien life

With the increasing availability of smartphones and connected devices, the general public expects to be able to interact with public service providers in the same way that they do with businesses. In an effort to provide this, agencies are using the latest technologies to find new and better ways to ...

84 organisations representing migrants and black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) groups in the UK have today signed a letter expressing concerns that adopting the IHRA’s new definition of antisemitism would suppress free discussion of the Palestinians’ “dispossession by ethnic cleansing, when Israel was established” and “silence public discussions on ...