Francis was elected on March 13 2013 as the 266th pontiff and the Catholic Church’s first Latin American choice.

A representative for the estate of actor Gene Hackman is seeking to block the public release of autopsy and investigative reports related to the recent deaths of the actor and his wife Betsy Arakawa.

The Woodland Trust has led the project to sow 75,000 seeds of trees native to Atlantic temperate rainforest, including pedunculate oak, alder, wild cherry, downy birch and hazel, on the hills around ...

British defence companies selling products overseas are to benefit from a £2 billion increase to UK Export Finance (UKEF) lending capacity – a measure the Government believes will boost opportunities ...

Manny Botwe, president of the Association of School and College Leaders (ASCL), will call for an end to the ‘chaos’ caused by social media.

The RAC said average pump prices could come down by at least 6p per litre for petrol and 3p per litre for diesel in the coming weeks.

A partial lunar eclipse will take place in the UK just before dawn on Friday. The moon will darken as it moves into Earth’s shadow and will eventually turn red, earning its “blood moon” nickname. In a ...

The National Trust is creating a ‘living library’ gene bank of trees in east Devon to help protect the black poplar.

A Westminster committee said lives are being increasingly put at risk by the Government’s historic failures to increase capacity.

Syria’s interim president signed a temporary constitution on Thursday that leaves the country under Islamist rule for five ...