Defence lawyers say the former CEO of Abercrombie & Fitch may have dementia, and a competency hearing is necessary to determine if he can face sex charges. Lawyers for Michael Jeffries said in court ...

Former president Bill Clinton has been discharged from a Washington hospital, and will be home for Christmas after he was admitted the day before with a fever. Mr Clinton is being treated for the flu, ...

Manchester United star Diogo Dalot has helped serve food to homeless people at a shelter in the city. The Portuguese defender, a £19 million signing from Porto, turned up unannounced with his partner ...

A teenager has died after a car crashed into a wall during a police chase in Sheffield. The 18-year-old was killed in a crash in the Hyde Park Walk area of the city on Monday afternoon. South ...

A new picture has revealed how an east London DLR station will look after a planned £44m upgrade by Transport for London (TfL).

Mr Simms Hornchurch, which opened in November 2013, is celebrating its 12th Christmas in High Street this year - and is reflecting on what the festive period looks like at a sweet shop.

Shyam Benegal, a renowned Indian filmmaker known for pioneering a cinema movement that tackled social issues in the 1970s, has died after chronic kidney disease aged 90. His contribution to cinema was ...

Michelle Catalana, 36, of Evanston Gardens, was found dead on November 10. An inquest was formally opened into his death at East London Coroner’s Court, Walthamstow, on Thursday, December 19. Coroner ...

Beckton man Vernon Bennett, 61, was found dead by officials who had arrived to evict him from his Bracken Close home, an inquest opening has heard.

The 50,000-year-old remains of a baby mammoth uncovered by melting permafrost have been unveiled to the public by researchers in Russia’s Siberia region, who call it the best-preserved mammoth body ...

Year 7 pupils, their families, and staff organised a Christmas gift service in collaboration with Pinewood Care Home in Chigwell.

Labour MP for Barking, Nesil Caliskan, has hailed government funding to tackle homelessness in Barking and Dagenham.