President Ferdinand Marcos Jr had asked his Cabinet and provincial officials to brace for ‘the worst-case scenario’.

“Fast-growing hedges, such as cherry laurel, privet, leylandii and bamboo, are the perfect alternative to man-made fences. Leylandii is especially quick, growing up to 90cm a year and requiring little ...

A US animal shelter is dealing with a great big problem after a man arrived to hand over what he initially said was 150 mice.

Engineers are creating decoys which will be used to mask attacks using devastating thermobaric warheads, journalists found.

A variety of political stories are jostling for centre stage on the front pages of Sunday’s newspapers. The Observer reports on a “shocking increase” in the number of vulnerable children being left in ...

Eight people were killed and 17 others injured in a stabbing attack at a vocational school in the eastern city of Yixing on Saturday night, local police said. The attack occurred at the Wuxi ...

The Met Office, which has issued weather warnings for snow and ice for parts of the country from Sunday to Tuesday, has urged people to get their “woolly jumpers at the ready!” as “temperatures are ...

Lord Blunkett is calling for action on “death trap” tube platforms after he was injured falling into the gap at Westminster station. The Labour peer, who is blind, called on Transport for London to do ...

Strictly Come Dancing features an episode at the Blackpool Tower Ballroom every series but some do not know why ...

A woman found dead in the boot of a car in east London has been named by Northamptonshire Police. Detectives believe that Harshita Brella, 24, of Corby, was attacked by someone she knew. A murder ...

US President-elect Donald Trump has selected Chris Wright, a campaign donor and fossil fuel executive, to serve as energy secretary in his upcoming, second administration.

A gold pocket watch presented to the captain of a boat which rescued more than 700 passengers from the Titanic has sold for a record-breaking £1.56 million. It was the highest amount ever paid for ...