The US-Japanese joint venture bidding to build nuclear power plants in the UK could struggle to rush its reactor designs through Britain's notoriously lengthy licensing process.

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A drunken man who stabbed his wife's cat to death out of spite during a row has been jailed.

Two people have been arrested on suspicion of assault after a man's body was found washed up on a beach.

Two people have been arrested on suspicion of assault after a man's body was found washed up on a beach.

Those phone calls weren't about influence. They were about friendship.

Matt Stevens has been ruled out of England's three-Test summer tour to South Africa after suffering a shoulder injury.

A coach driver is to stand trial following the death of a man in a motorway pile-up.

An 11-year-old girl needed hospital treatment after binging on a "vast quantity" of vodka, police said.

Samoa may be a small rugby nation, but it makes an awful lot of noise – especially when the brilliant centre Eliota Fuimaono-Sapolu is in the thick of things.

Police are questioning two men on suspicion of terrorism offences after more than 100 homes were evacuated.

Wasps beat the drop by trusting their academy – all clubs must learn that such patience is a virtue

Five years after flooding devastated Tewkesbury, heavy rainfall and rising river levels have put the historic Gloucestershire town on a high flood alert once again.

Heavy rain and strong winds continued to lash England and Wales yesterday, bringing gusts of up to 60mph and flooding to agricultural land. As fierce storms pounded South-west and South-east England and the Midlands, the Environment Agency issued 17 flood warnings, and expressed particular concern about the rising levels of the river Severn.