Purgatory News

Mediators trying to end the Israel-Hamas war expressed hope for an imminent deal on Friday, saying two days of talks had wrapped up in Qatar and they aimed to reconvene in Cairo next week to seal an agreement to stop the fighting..

The mother of a 13-year-old girl who died after having a severe reaction to a Costa hot chocolate has said allergen safety training should not be treated as a tick-box exercise, after a coroner concluded she died following staffs failure to follow processes..

Thousands of Taylor Swift fans have begun queuing for the US singer-songwriters Wembley Stadium show as she takes to the stage for the second night of her August run in London..

Police found no crime took place at a Reginald D Hunter comedy gig following a report of a hate incident at his Edinburgh Fringe show..

Hundreds of Border Force officers at Heathrow Airport are to take industrial action for 23 days from the end of the month..

The number of UK-based students in clearing who are trying to find higher education courses a day after exam results were released has fallen to its lowest level for three years though plenty of places are still available, figures show..

A second riot charge has been brought by police as violent disorder suspects across the country await news on whether they will be accused of the more serious offence..

Petrol prices have fallen to their lowest level in six months, new analysis shows..

British actress Sheridan Smith has been pictured embodying real-life double jeopardy campaigner Ann Ming on the set of ITVs I Fought The Law..

Train drivers on LNER are to stage a series of strikes, claiming a breakdown in industrial relations and breaking of agreements..

Pakistans Health Ministry said it has identified the first case of a new mpox variant that might be more easily transmitted, days after the World Health Organisation (WHO) declared the spread of mpox a global health emergency..

A £15,000 payout for former pupils who were infected with HIV and other viruses while being unwittingly experimented on by clinicians at a specialist school is derisory and insulting, a victim has said..

A lion with psychological issues is to travel 1,400 miles from Ukraine to an animal sanctuary in the UK as part of a project rescuing the animal from the war-torn country..

Swedish health officials have identified the first case of a person with the more infectious form of mpox first seen in eastern Congo, a day after the World Health Organisation declared the outbreak to be a global emergency..

Victims of the infected blood scandal can receive support scheme payments for life, while those who were subjected to unethical research will get up to £15,000 extra under changes to a multibillion-pound compensation plan..

Foreign Secretary David Lammy is to visit Israel with his French counterpart Stephane Sejourne to advocate for a ceasefire in the war in Gaza..

Matthew Perrys live-in assistant has pleaded guilty to conspiring to distribute ketamine connected to the death of the US actor..

Donald Trump has said that Americans are struggling with massive price hikes that he blamed on vice president Kamala Harris, looking to saddle his new Democratic rival with the unpopular economic record of President Joe Biden..

The Government has praised the vital role of the media in reporting the arrest and convictions of those involved in violent disorder..

Matthew Perrys assistant and two doctors are among five people who have been charged after the Friends star died from an accidental ketamine overdose last October, United States attorney Martin Estrada told a press briefing..