A man, described by police as white and aged 43, was shot dead by armed officers outside an address in Cedar Road, Enfield, north London, just before midnight.

Fans braved the wet weather which has blighted the capital this morning to descend on the west London borough for day two of the annual Notting Hill Carnival.

Sheryl Morris, 35, from Dundee, is now warning fellow eczema sufferers about the dangers of Red Skin Syndrome after she broke out in sores and developed weeping skin.

Has Daley Thompson blotted his copy book with his criticism of young hepathlete Katarina Johnson-Thompson while commentating at the World Championships in Beijing?

The footage shows the traffickers crossing the nine-mile stretch from Morocco to the beaches near Tarifa, on Spain’s southern coast, with as many as three migrants gripping on for dear life.

Do you struggle to understand the person next to you above the background chatter at dinner parties? You’re not alone.

Religious leaders in Puerto Rico called on Monday for the island’s government and its lenders to avoid austerity measures and for the Federal Reserve to step in with assistance. The religious leaders on the mostly Catholic island, working with Jubilee USA Network, a religious development organization in Washington, D.C., want a solution to Puerto Rico’s […]

The low crude price is putting US banks under pressure from regulators to move quickly in classifying oil and gas loans as troubled assets when borrowers slide into difficulty, says a top financier.

Wal-Mart Stores Inc., in the midst of spending $1 billion to raise employees’ wages and give them extra training, has been cutting the number of hours some of them work in a bid to keep costs in check. It also has a new scheduling system.

The terrorists, meanwhile, were seen to be driving on into territory controlled solely by the Palestinian Authority, according to a report broadcast on Israel Radio. The IDF is investigating. About the Author: Hana Levi Julian is a …