The former head of a South African arts festival has been appointed chief executive of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe Society. Tony Lankester joins the society from Riverside Studios in Hammersmith, ...

The Princess of Wales left her mark when she followed tradition and made a handprint for a children’s hospice she described as a “lifeline”. Kate celebrated becoming patron of Ty Hafan children’s ...

Israel has released 110 Palestinian prisoners after eight hostages in the Gaza Strip were freed by Hamas-led militants earlier in the day. It was a sometimes chaotic process that briefly called the ...

AN urgent search is underway for a missing ‘vulnerable’ man who could be in Dursley. Avon and Somerset Police have asked for help to find Christopher, aged 41, who has been missing since Tuesday, ...

City will face one of those two European heavyweights in the Champions League next month after scraping through to the play-off round on Wednesday.

DRIVERS are being warned to be braced for roadworks across the Berkeley area. Gloucestershire County Council’s highways team will undertake resurfacing work soon on various routes. Works are underway ...

A man whose father, brother and sister died “in dreadful circumstances” has told MPs their sympathy “only goes so far” as he urged them to get on with the process to legalise assisted dying.

The 45-year-old and his partner Gemma Watts, 49, have admitted murder and perverting the course of justice by dismembering Ms Mayhew’s body, distributing the parts at “various locations” and cleaning ...