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President Donald Trump walked away without responding after a reporter challenged him over the midterm election results. Trump was speaking to press on Friday, 6 November, as he departed the White ...

A team of specialist abseilers scaled the London Eye to check thousands of new lights, ensuring the world’s tallest cantilevered observation wheel is prepared for Christmas. The capital's iconic ...

M&S has released its much-anticipated Christmas advert starring Happy Valley and Granchester actor James Norton, who makes his debut as Santa Claus. Alongside him is Lucy Punch, (Amandaland and ...

Sayed got emotional when he was played a resurfaced clip of Bill Clinton praising him when they shared a stage at a 2007 graduation ceremony. The clip of the former president praising then-student ...

Police are hunting a man who shot a woman multiple times, dragged her into the street and attempted to kill her before his gun jammed and he fled in the stolen car. The man and woman were sitting in ...

A newly-elected Congressman has shared the moment he told his father he had won his race as he announced his dad had passed away after a long battle with Parkinson’s disease. Democrat Richard Ojeda, a ...

A heroic security guard took down gunman who drove into Citibank’s office campus outside Tampa, Florida and shot a woman. New ...