A book about preserving languages which are going extinct has won the British Academy Book Prize for Global Cultural Understanding 2024.

Helen Maguire urged Defence Secretary John Healey to quickly repurpose frozen assets to bolster Ukraine’s war chest.

Campaigners are hoping to secure protected status for traditional pie and mash to celebrate the “original fast food”.

Richard Holden says that if the meal was Italian or French it would already have Traditional Speciality Guaranteed status.

A new pirate ship themed ride is now at Barry Island Pleasure Park. ‘The Black Pearl’ is a pirate ship themed ride based on the Pirates of the Caribbean film franchise. The ride can seat up to 34 ...

After presenting the news, Myrie, 60, will join the results show in Washington DC, hosted by Perry and Somaskanda, who will welcome BBC US special correspondent Katty Kay and BBC News presenter ...

Scotland’s First Minister has hinted that the already scaled-back programme for the 2026 Commonwealth Games could be cut further if costs spiral.

The 24-year-old was accused of being involved in two shootings in less than a week before he was fatally shot by police on ...

The former boss of fashion giant Abercrombie & Fitch and his British partner have been arrested and face sex trafficking charges. A spokesman for federal prosecutors in the US said ex-chief executive ...

Former president Barack Obama and vice presidential nominee Tim Walz are hosting rallies while the Republicans held events to encourage voting.

Baywatch star Michael Newman has died at the age of 68, his friend, director Matthew Felker, has confirmed. Newman played himself as a lifeguard and was the third most regular actor on Baywatch after ...

The Sinn Fein leader said she has written to the teenager and his mother ‘offering a full, unequivocal and sincere apology’.