Being in Rome for the funeral of Pope Francis was a “real honour and privilege”, a group of friends from the UK and Ireland ...

Children with Cancer UK hopes to raise £3 million towards its efforts to create a world where every child and young person ...

Across the Netherlands, people have donned orange clothes – from tuxedos to feather boas – and boats packed with revellers clogged Amsterdam’s canals to celebrate their king’s birthday. In an ...

John Swinney has said the funeral of Pope Francis was “very moving” and “uplifting” after attending the ceremony in the Vatican. The First Minister also spoke of his own experience of Christianity, ...

At 7pm local time (6pm BST) public access to the queue to visit Francis’s coffin officially closed after it was visited by ...

JD Wetherspoon has removed a popular dish from its menu in pubs across the UK, much to the disappointment of its customers. The £6.49 chicken bites are listed as "temporarily unavailable" on menus at ...

US President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky met in Vatican City on the sidelines of Pope Francis’s funeral.

One of Coronation Street's original cast members Philip Lowrie has died aged 88, his publicist has confirmed. The Lancashire-born actor died on Friday (April 25), according to his publicist Mario ...

On Saturday multiple masses were held for Pope Francis at the largest Roman Catholic church in England and Wales.

ANTI-SOCIAL e-scooters riders are set to be targeted under a fresh police crackdown in South Woodham Ferrers. Officers from the town's Neighbourhood Policing Team will be carrying out patrols and ...

A quiet reverence was broken by a ripple of applause as mourners showed their appreciation for a man dubbed “the people’s pope”. Just shy of a week after he made a surprise appearance to delighted ...

Tributes have been paid to a much-loved grandmother who died in a two car crash near High Garrett at the start of the month.