Since the United Kingdom’s Department of International Development (DFID) was created 22 years ago, it has lifted millions out of poverty, sent millions of children to school, and saved millions of lives through vaccination programmes and other innovative initiatives.

The number of British visitors to Ireland continued to rise in June, official figures have shown, while there was a further sharp rise in north American visitors.

A British teenager has died after falling from an apartment in Majorca.

A nine-year-old British boy has died after colliding with another youngster during a game of football on a Spanish beach.

A British-born sailor presumed lost at sea was not wearing a safety tether when he was knocked overboard during a yacht race, it has been revealed.

Texas' highest criminal court has rejected the appeal of a British national who was convicted of arranging the killing of a neighbour so she could take the woman's baby.

Charlie Fry, 25, was left with superficial puncture wounds on his right shoulder and upper arm after the attack on Monday afternoon off Avoca Beach, 60 miles north of Sydney.

British house prices rose in the three months to October at their fastest pace since February and the Bank of England’s interest rate hike is unlikely to offset the impact on prices from a lack of homes for sale, mortgage lender Halifax said.

The pound snapped a four-day drop against the euro, yesterday after some investors judged the selling of the UK’s currency was overdone.

British employers’ willingness to hire and invest has fallen to its lowest since last year’s vote to leave the EU, a survey by the country’s recruitment industry showed yesterday.

British authorities are to begin testing eggs for any traces of a banned insecticide which has caused a food scare in the Netherlands.

Households in Britain have become more worried about the outlook for their finances in the 12 months ahead as rising inflation puts a squeeze on their spending power, a new survey shows.

The family of British student Hannah Bladon, who was stabbed to death in Jerusalem on Good Friday, said they are "devastated" by the "senseless and tragic attack".

The father and ex-husband of a British-Pakistani woman have appeared in court again over her so-called "honour killing".

The impact of Brexit is to be debated by Irish and British politicians at a meeting next week.