Thousands of beer lovers have descended on Munich for the start of the world’s largest folk festival. Mayor Dieter Reiter officially started the 189th Oktoberfest at noon on Saturday when he inserted ...

EastEnders star Rudolph Walker has revealed he “had absolutely nothing” while at the height of his fame. The actor, 84, who is best known for playing Patrick Trueman on the British soap, said he “didn ...

Sir Mick Jagger has said he is “so sad” at the death of Cleo Sylvestre, “the first female vocalist to sing with the Stones”. Sylvestre, also known as Cleopatra Palmer, who had been a feature of film, ...

See what time the Anthony Joshua vs Daniel Dubois boxing match at Wembley starts and what channel it's on TV tonight (September 21) ...

Sir David Jason, known for his iconic role as Del Boy in the sitcom Only Fools and Horses has revealed a “mistake” he thinks the show’s creator made.

Firass Abiad told reporters that 68 people were also wounded, of whom 15 remain in hospital, in the deadliest Israeli air strike on Beirut since the 2006 Israel-Hezbollah war. The ...

So far, there have been no reports of injuries from the heavy rain but many homes were flooded and some residents in two districts in Wajima have been stranded following landslides. A number of roads ...

Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy said that ministers ‘don’t want people to believe that we are living very different lives from them’.

A tornado has been been described as “terrifying” as it swept through Aldershot causing damage to properties and felling trees. No-one was hurt in the weather event in the Hampshire town which ...

Mystery still surrounds the identity of a woman six months after her body was found in the River Mersey. Police appear to be no closer to identifying the slightly built woman, wearing a lime-green ...

Voters lined up to cast their ballots in Minnesota, South Dakota and Virginia – the states with the first early in-person ...

The plant on an island in the Susquehanna River in Pennsylvania was the site of the nation’s worst commercial nuclear power ...