The Marinera, registered under a Russian flag, is the third sanctioned tanker the US has seized in recent weeks, Alex Croft reports

Arguments over whether Greenland should remain part of Denmark, which has controlled it for more than 300 years, or agree to U.S. annexation, are now tearing families in the territory apart.

Trump says the woman was attempting to run over ICE agents. Local leaders disagree.

Damning review reveals thousands of police officers and staff were not properly checked amid recruitment drive

Vladimir Putin’s goons have claimed the seizure was the ‘same as an attack on Russian territory’

Renee Nicole Good, 37, was fatally shot in the headwhile inside her SUV on Wednesday, sparking mass protests in the streets and outrage from Minnesota lawmakers.

‘We are going to go further and further and further… We’re not going to go away until they do,’ publican Andy Lennox told GB News

Joshua Johnson confirmed as having died three weeks after Rotherham crash in an ‘appalling’ mix-up by officers

Vessels in Putin’s ‘shadow fleet’ – ships operating secretly to avoid sanctions – have been blamed for sabotaging cables, oil and gas pipelines and electricity cables keeping countries connected.

Police are searching for 43-year-old Kieran Cameron, jailed for attempted murder, who was reported missing from HMP Thorn Cross in Warrington, Cheshire.

Crews were called to the scene just after 7pm on Wednesday, initially deploying a crew of 40 firefighters to tackle the blaze. The fire service has since doubled the number of firefighters at the scene

A shooting has taken place outside a church in Salt Lake City with heavy police presence reported – a manhunt is now underway after the incident with the suspect still at large

Ayatollah Khamenei’s regime is said to have been forced into ‘survival mode’ by the deadly widespread unrest

On February 19, Ashcroft was driving a green 2018 Mercedes-Benz G-Class when he was recorded exceeding a 40mph speed limit on the elevated section of the M4 by 8mph at Brentford, west London

Officers attended the scene near the Triangle Snooker Club in Ashton-in-Makerfield

Legislation to officially scrap the two-child benefit limit will be introduced on Thursday

‘Books do make life better, and this is only the beginning,’ says Camilla

Corridor care is now so normal in hospitals that many are installing plug sockets and emergency call bells in hallways, an investigation has found.

Miles Cross, 33, set up an internet business selling the lethal substance, before targeting vulnerable ‘customers’ in an online chat forum. He was jailed for 14 years.

The seizure of the oil tanker Marinera and Britain’s role in it is an embarrassing farce, writes world affairs editor Sam Kiley on the Venezuelan-Colombian border

Matthew Armstrong and a second inmate, Daniel Washbourne, absconded from a prison in South Gloucestershire on New Year’s Day

The five men targeted wealthy householders during a string of 44 late night burglaries, with officers recovering 13 designer handbags and 14 luxury watches worth almost £17,000.

The Reform UK leader warned that plans to cut the drink-driving limit so that even a single pint could see drivers breaking the law will be a ‘death knell for country pubs’.

A former Russian prime minister said the Coalition of the Willing had “changed the game”.

THIS is the moment a bumbling crook attempted to blow up a cash machine in a failed heist. Kristopher Follos, 45, was caught on CCTV lighting an explosive device on a ATM outside a service station …

Dating app users are to be better protected against the “vile crime” of cyberflashing as a new law “turning up the heat on tech firms” comes into force.

The Arndale Centre’s food court has been locked down after Greater Manchester Police received reports of a suspicious dark powder substance found in a container

Donald Trump has thrown America’s most sacred alliance into disarray in an audacious five-day power grab that has sparked panic across the globe.

The 18-year-old is the first to be charged with the offence and will appear at Canterbury Crown Court on Friday

Year 11 students will have a digital record of their results on an app for future use.

The Government wants to cut the drink-drive limit as part of its new road safety strategy

In a twist of Cold War-era policy, Danish soldiers are bound by a 1952 rule to counter-attack immediately if the US invades Greenland.

Josh Baxter, 28, is accused of killing Michael Barron, 38, after the pair met on the dating app on January 26 last year

A Met Police traffic collision investigator said it was a case of ‘pedal misapplication’ by the defendant, and he found no evidence of a fault.

Ireland’s older population is growing rapidly and the number of people aged over 65 is projected to double in the next 20 years

Garda Daniel Reardon opposed bail, telling Judge Dowling that the accused entered the station at 3.45 am with four kitchen knives

The incident happened on the Stapelstown Road at midday.

A lorry was left perched on a steep bank after leaving the road and smashing through a fence at an industrial estate.

The HSE says influenza levels peaked before Christmas, though case numbers are still high

It comes after the UK and France reiterated their commitment to using soldiers to police any peace deal.

A Catholic school headmaster jailed for assaulting his deputy in a jealous rage over a shared affair is now revealing his side of the explosive scandal

The Trump administration has put Venezuela’s hardline interior minister on notice that he could be at the top of its target list

Matthew Armstrong, 35, and Daniel Washbourne, 40, were on the run after fleeing HMP Leyhill – an open prison for men – in Gloucestershire on January 1.

Energy secretary Chris Wright said the United States intends to maintain control over Venezuela’s oil, including the sale of the country’s production “indefinitely”

Claire Bridger “became hysterical” and stabbed her estranged husband, Keith Bridger, twice after he said he had put the dogs down, a court heard

Trevor Wynn, 17, from Worksop, was wrongly identified by South Yorkshire Police after a collision in Rotherham. The teen woke from a coma and told medics his name, revealing the mistake

Sir Keir Starmer made a jab at Nigel Farage and Reform UK during Prime Minister’s Questions on Wednesday (7 January). In his first PMQs of 2026, the prime minister said he hoped that all MPs had a merry Christmas, after the Commons broke for recess on 20 December.

Pedestrian struck by a marked patrol car at just after 12.30am on Wednesday

Aman Naseri is accused of endangering others while making a sea journey to Britain

Andre Yarham, from Dereham in Norfolk, sadly died just after Christmas Day as details of his battle with frontotemporal dementia due to a protein mutation have been shared