The daughter of Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado has accepted the Nobel Peace Prize on her behalf, hours after officials said her mother would miss the ceremony.

GCHQ has released its annual Christmas challenge, with seven puzzles aimed to put the nation's codebreaking skills to the test.

The Chancellor Rachel Reeves has acknowledged there were "too many leaks" in the run-up to last month's budget.

Nearly one in five women in childbirth or labour feel their concerns are not taken seriously by NHS maternity services, new research has found.

Whatever your political bent or economic creed, it is hard to argue that the build up to last month's budget was anything but hapless.

Sophie Kinsella, the author of the Shopaholic series of novels, has died aged 55, her family have said.

Iran and Egypt have complained after FIFA scheduled a World Cup match between the two nations in Seattle to coincide with the city's LGBTQ+ Pride festival.

UK grown lettuce in pre-packaged sandwiches was the likely cause of the UK's largest ever STEC 0145 E. coli outbreak, a new report concludes.

Madeleine McCann's father has called for greater scrutiny of the UK media, describing the "huge toll" on his family from a "monstering" by sections of the press.

A huge takeover that would rock the entertainment industry looks imminent, with Netflix and Paramount fighting over Warner Bros Discovery (WBD).

A man has been found guilty of murdering his ex-partner's sister and her three children in a house fire.

A small number of British women received sperm from a donor with a cancer-causing gene while seeking fertility treatment abroad, a regulator has said.

A "depraved sexual predator" has been jailed for seven-and-a-half years for two rapes and two sexual assaults.

The Duchess of Sussex has been able to contact her estranged father in hospital via a letter, her spokesperson has confirmed.

A woman has been found guilty of trying to murder a toddler by repeatedly giving her adult medication.

Australia's prime minister has warned that implementing the country's new social media ban for children under 16 – which came into force on Wednesday - will be difficult.

Luigi Mangione wrote notes to himself to "pluck eyebrows" and buy less conspicuous shoes before the alleged assassination of a US healthcare boss, a court has heard.

Australian has become the world's first country to implement a social media ban for under-16s.

All tourists - including those from Britain - will have to undergo a social media screening before being allowed entry into the US under new plans being considered by the country's border force.

Sir Keir Starmer has called for a tougher approach to policing Europe's borders ahead of a meeting between leaders to discuss a potential shake-up of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR).