The only interesting things about Douglas Carswell’s switch from Tory to Ukip are that it took him so long and that he has acted alone, writes PETER HITCHENS.

Reyaad Khan and Nasser Muthana, both from Cardiff, have posted sickening online messages joking about the beheading of U.S. journalist James Foley.

David Cameron will argue that British jihadis must be stripped of their passports – and their right to come back to the UK – because they could be plotting terrorist attacks.

Research carried out on 8,442 patients with heart failure has achieved ‘remarkable’ results – proving that the drug not only helps people live longer, but keeps them out of hospital.

The acclaimed West End production has attracted people who want to see the Sherlock and Hobbit star in the flesh as the villainous Shakespeare character.

The traditional practice goes against the law in the UK, where the youngest one can marry is at 16, the age of sexual consent.

Denmark's Caroline Wozniacki beat the heat and Maria Sharapova 6-4 2-6 6-2 to move into the quarter-finals of the U.S. The brutal conditions turned the match between the fifth seeded Sharapova and the 10th seeded Wozniacki into a battle of survival. After Wozniacki took the opening set and Sharapova leveled the match officials declared the […]

By Louis Charbonneau and Avi Ohayon UNITED NATIONS/EIN ZIVAN Golan Heights (Reuters) – The head of the Fijian army said on Sunday negotiations for the release of 44 soldiers abducted by an al Qaeda-linked group on the Syrian side of the Golan Heights were being pursued as the United Nations said it had no word […]

By Ellen Wulfhorst NEW YORK (Reuters) – The daughter of comedian Joan Rivers, hospitalized in serious condition after suffering cardiac arrest, said on Sunday the comedian's family members are "keeping our fingers crossed," according to a hospital statement. Rivers, 81, has been hospitalized since Thursday, when she suffered cardiac arrest after her breathing stopped during […]

CHICAGO (AP) — One more shot at the playoffs for Adam Dunn before he says he's probably done.