Dedicated runners, perhaps fewer in number than today but no less passionate, prepared for the arduous 26.2-mile journey.

The US Indo-Pacific Command said in a statement that the talks, held on Wednesday and Thursday in the eastern Chinese city of Shanghai, were focused on “decreasing the incidences of unsafe and ...

Measures introduced last year with the aim of boosting access to NHS dentists appear to have “resulted in worsening the picture”, MPs have said. The Dental Recovery Plan has “comprehensively failed”, ...

The UK could see its warmest day of the year so far, with temperatures higher than European holiday hotspots, after firefighters battled wildfires across the country. Much of the country will be dry ...

The Prince of Wales has said there is “fresh momentum for new ideas” to create “safer ways to live our lives” as he announced his Earthshot Prize would be staged in Brazil this year. William’s annual ...

Plans to tackle problem drinking in England are “no longer fit for purpose” due to a significant change in drinking habits, experts have warned. The Nuffield Trust think tank said that there is a ...

The UK has drawn up an ‘indicative list’ of possible retaliatory tariffs, but is unlikely to hit back this month.

NHS hospitals and buildings are plagued by rats, cockroaches, silverfish and other pests, according to a large staff survey. A poll of almost 9,000 health workers for the Unison union suggests pests ...

Environmental groups, organisations and residents protested outside Bournemouth's civic centre against plans for a new waste incinerator. The demonstration, held on Thursday, April 3, was in ...

Sally says there were six toilets, two of them for disabled people, two of them locked and one didn’t have running water. She said: “BCP need to make sure that there are clean toilets with running ...