Russia's Central Bank has kept its key interest rate on hold at 21%, in a major snub to Vladimir Putin. Bank officials are facing a huge struggle to bring down inflation, which in March stood at...

A newly qualified driver has been sentenced to two years' detention for killing three other teenagers in a horrific head-on crash. Edward Spencer, who was 17 at the time of the crash, reportedly had...

Once a year, we are reminded with bowed heads and solemn rituals of a horror that should have ensured, once and for all, that the Jewish people would never again walk alone into the abyss. Yom...

Pope wanted to work until the end, archbishop tells BBC1 hour agoAleem MaqboolReligion editorReporting fromRomePope Francis refused to heed advice to slow down in his final few years, preferring to...

State pensioners, take heed!It's high time to mull over how you receive your well-deserved funds from the Department for Work and Pensions. You're faced with a choice: weekly or monthly payouts? The...

Just Stop Oil was policed to extinction - now the movement has gone deeper underground28 minutes agoJustin RowlattClimate EditorBBCListen to Justin read this articleJust Stop Oil (JSO) activists are...