A NEW daily foot passenger ferry service between Jersey and Guernsey is due to begin operating next month. Islands Unlimited said that the 316-passenger vessel had now completed its annual maintenance ...

Strikes are planned at Scottish Water this week after workers “overwhelmingly” rejected a pay offer. Workers represented by GMB Scotland and Unison Scotland will strike on Tuesday and Wednesday as ...

Cardinals will meet on Tuesday morning for the first time since Pope Francis died to confirm the details of his funeral. The world will be watching Vatican City after the death of the 88-year-old ...

Rachmaninov’s Piano Concerto No 2 has been voted the nation’s favourite piece of classical music for the third consecutive year, according to a new poll. The music topped the annual Classic FM Hall Of ...

The nationalities of foreign criminals living in the UK will be published for the first time under plans expected to be announced on Tuesday. Home Secretary Yvette Cooper is understood to have ordered ...

The Pope has decreed in his will that he be buried in a simple underground tomb in St Mary Major Basilica. Francis proclaimed that the tomb should only have “Franciscus” written on it. According to a ...

The gunman who killed 23 people when he targeted Hispanic shoppers at a Walmart store in Texas in 2019 has pleaded guilty to capital murder and was scolded by a judge over the racist attack in El Paso ...

A UK theologian who had worked closely with the Pope has described an atmosphere of shock, sadness and gratitude in Rome on the day of the Pope’s death. Professor Anna Rowlands, who previously spent ...

Sir Keir Starmer has told Volodymyr Zelensky he supports Kyiv’s calls for a full ceasefire as Russian attacks on Ukraine continued despite Vladimir Putin’s promise of an “Easter truce”. A Downing ...

Pope Francis has been remembered as someone full of compassion, mercy and “irrepressible hope” as Catholics came together to mourn the death of a pontiff hailed by the King and other world leaders.

FLAGS across Jersey will be lowered to half-mast as Islanders join millions around the world in mourning the death of Pope Francis. The Bishop of Rome passed away on Easter Monday at the age of 88, ...

A Thai-Chinese company has denied allegations its steel rods did not pass safety standard tests after nationwide criticism prompted an investigation into the collapse of a high-rise building under ...