Hamas said it has accepted a proposal from mediators to release one living American-Israeli hostage and the bodies of four dual-national hostages who died in captivity.

Claudiu Carol Kondor, 42, was delivering parcels in Leeds last year when “career criminal” Mark Ross, 32, climbed into his van and drove away ...

The son of an Oxfam volunteer who was struck and killed by a bus on the world’s longest guided busway said it was “such a preventable accident”, a court heard. Three people died in separate incidents ...

Sir Martyn Oliver, chief inspector of Ofsted, said giving parents the information they need in a clear and accessible way was a ‘must-have’.

The Royal College of Nursing’s governing council voted in 2009 to move to a neutral stance on assisted dying for terminally-ill people while doctors’ union the BMA shifted from a position against ...

It is 56 years since the Magpies won a trophy and 70 since they lifted a domestic cup, and they face mighty Liverpool in the Carabao Cup on Sunday ...

Officers were called to a road traffic collision on Luton Road, Harpenden, involving a suspected drunk driver who allegedly assaulted an ...

St Albans officers were put through the ringer after finding a lost engagement ring during an evening patrol in Harpenden.

Jessie Holmes, a former reality television star, has won the longest-ever Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race in Alaska. Holmes was first to the finish line in the Gold Rush town of Nome, on the Bering Sea ...

A man has been arrested after a woman died when she was hit by a car on the driveway of a home. The crash, involving a Hyundai Tucson, occurred off cul-de-sac Lea Mill Park Drive in Yeadon, Leeds, at ...

Emma Reynolds, Economic Secretary to the Treasury, said: “The FCA’s review of the contactless payment limits, including removing the £100 limit on individual payments, is a welcome step to ensure that ...

Serbia’s capital Belgrade is on edge ahead of a major rally against President Aleksandar Vucic’s populist government this weekend, as authorities ramp up efforts to dissuade people from attending.