The government has declared a national emergency following the tremor, which struck at 07:34 local time (12:34 GMT).

Fire crews wearing breathing apparatus tackled the blaze close to the River Mersey near the Carrington Spur Firefighters have ...

Kasper Hogh loved scoring his first goal in front of the Celtic supporters at Rugby Park on Sunday. The striker scored his ...

The family of a father who died in a motorcycle crash said he died "doing something he truly loved". Sean Forster was riding ...

Saddell.

Conor Chaplin returns to Portsmouth, six years after leaving the club Portsmouth have sealed the loan return of Conor Chaplin to Fratton Park in one of the stories of transfer deadline day across the ...

With wildfires now widespread and frequent, some rural residents in Canada are learning how to fight the flames themselves ...

The service will enable rail travel from Portugal to Lapland - what is believed to be the longest train journey in Europe.

Evangelos Marinakis is suing Crystal Palace for a banner unfurled by their fans depicting the Nottingham Forest owner holding ...

The head of the Ukrainian foreign affairs committee joins us live. Also on the World at One, suspected crime boss Daniel ...

BBC Africa Eye has seen evidence suggesting a South African police detective, Lieutenant Colonel Frans Mathipa, was shot dead ...

More than 12,000 people have been forced to evacuate over the weekend after a wildfire quickly tore through Canada's ...