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The earthquakes which rocked Turkey and Syria have caused a devastating loss of life with victims not standing a chance, Britain must do what it can to help survivors

The man in the middle, thought to be Britain’s oldest referee, still officiates three games a week and has taken charge of more than 5,000 matches in a career spanning 43 years

Tens of thousands of nurses and ambulance workers joined Britain’s largest-ever health sector strike on Monday – the latest walkout to cause disruption at the National Health Service. Public support for striking staff remains high, but negotiations with the government over pay increases have reached a stalemate.

'I might eventually need a moped at half-time but I'll always keep doing it'

Post-Brexit, health and care employers, farmers and builders struggle to fill vacancies while ministers demonise those who could help, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins

Tens of thousands of nurses and ambulance service staff walked off the job on Monday in a pay dispute, putting further strain on Britain's state-run National Health Service with their largest ever strike.

A wealthy Nigerian politician and his family plotted to bring a street trader from Nigeria to Britain and pay him a few thousand pounds to donate his kidney for a transplant for his ill daughter, a British prosecutor told a London court on Monday.

Until the mid-19th century in Britain, watching someone die was considered a form of entertainment. Indeed, this shared experience shaped the landscape of London and bound the city together.

When a party falls to pieces, look out for the phase in which it starts to blame the world for its own flaws. In a 4,000-word essay in The Daily Telegraph that would have been funnier but no less absurd if it had been written by Lewis Carroll, the 49-day…

The grandmother-of-one began belly dancing in 1973

Clean Up Britain founder John Read has described the country's roadsides as 'disgusting' and like the 'Wild West' when it comes to authorities' grip on litter louts