A local port or harbour authority, which often has its own counter-pollution equipment, has a duty to respond within areas they control, sometimes with the help of an oil spill response contractor.

The Princess of Wales returned to the Family of Nations when she joined the King and Queen in celebrating Commonwealth Day. Kate missed the Westminster Abbey service last year, as did Charles, with ...

Charles handed a wooden baton to the six-time Olympic champion to launch the King’s Baton Relay at Buckingham Palace.

Nathan Hochman said his decision hinged on ‘lies’ told during their trial including their original claims that they did not kill their parents.

Elon Musk said his social media site X has been the victim of a “massive cyber attack” after a day plagued with outages. Tens of thousands of users reported outages, according to the tracking website ...

Downdetector.com said that 56 of problems were reported for the X app, while 33 were reported for the website.

Jason Gibbon, 37, from Northumberland, riding a separate motorcycle, also died in the crash. The 32-year-old man was charged in connection with causing death by dangerous driving. A report has been ...

The Government’s new Crime and Policing Bill will see the recruitment of 13,000 extra neighbourhood policing roles.

The Prime Minister said a ‘positive outcome’ for the talks would be the resumption of intelligence-sharing and an end to the pause in ...

Disgraced MP Mike Amesbury has said he will quit the Commons after punching a constituent. The former Labour MP was given a 10-week prison term, which was reduced to a suspended sentence after an ...

Seven of the eight medical professionals who have been charged are standing trial for culpable homicide, equivalent to ...

A one-day strike by workers at 13 German airports, including the Frankfurt and Munich hubs and all the country’s other main ...