Ex-Manchester City player Mikheil Kavelashvili is up for the mostly ceremonial post following controversial elections.

Irregular sleep patterns increase the risk of conditions such as stroke, heart failure and heart attacks, a recent study has found.

The World Health Organisation’s (WHO) regional director-elect for Africa has died while receiving medical treatment in India, Tanzania’s parliament speaker said. Plans to repatriate the body of Dr ...

The International Criminal Court’s chief prosecutor has asked judges to issue an arrest warrant for the head of Myanmar’s military regime for crimes committed against the country’s Rohingya Muslim ...

The MP behind the assisted dying Bill has insisted it is taking “absolutely the right route” through Parliament after it was criticised as an “utterly inadequate” way to deal with the controversial ...

New Forest District Council is warning residents that dumping Christmas trees anywhere but certain sites will be considered fly-tipping.

Major supermarkets and food industry leaders have backed calls for the Government to ban cages for egg-laying hens. In a letter to Environment Secretary Steve Reed on Wednesday, food companies urged ...

The Rail, Maritime and Transport union (RMT) said it had accepted a pay offer it maintained had delivered notable improvements in terms and conditions. Lower-paid Tube workers will receive pay ...

Provisional figures from the Office for National Statistics show the average private rent in Dorset reached £993 per month in the year to October – up 7% from £927 a year prior. It was also up 23% ...

The 72-year-old is seeking five million dollars in damages over substandard treatment in Rikers Island jail complex.

A PEDESTRIAN has died following a crash involving a Land Rover in Christchurch . Dorset Police received a report at 5.38pm on Tuesday, November 26, of a collision on Barrack Road, near the Bailey ...

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