Roman Britain's pagan gods were turned into supernatural policemen and executioners to hunt down and punish criminals. New ...

Two women were killed and a man and a teenage boy were seriously injured in a stabbing on Christmas Day. Detectives have ...

The RSPCA has revealed the level of animal neglect and abandonment in the UK is soaring, with the issue worsening around the ...

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Major retailers including Next, Marks & Spencer and John Lewis have not opened their physical stores on Boxing Day ...

Scientists have finally quantified the brain’s speed limit in processing human thought, an advance that reveals why we are able to process only one thought at a time. The human body’s sensory systems, ...

A digital counter on the Reform website showed a membership tally before lunchtime on Boxing Day ticking past the 131,680 figure declared by the Conservative Party during its leadership election ...

Follow live coverage as Derby County face West Bromwich Albion in the Championship today. An increasingly competitive second ...

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Fox hunters are understood to be facing harsher penalties under plans being pursued by the government, leading countryside groups to accuse the government of “picking another fight” with rural ...

Jordan Pickford saved Erling Haaland’s second-half penalty as the champions dropped yet more points From reproductive rights ...

Follow live coverage as Wolverhampton Wanderers face Manchester United today in the Premier League. Another top-flight season ...