Young bookworms are being invited to take part in a returning bookmark design competition as part of the Jersey Festival of ...

THE SCHEDULE of a scaled-down Battle of Flowers has been revealed by the new group responsible for its management. The Jersey ...

Russia and Ukraine have agreed to swap the bodies of 6,000 soldiers killed in action. The agreement emerged on Monday at the latest peace talks in Turkey, where the two sides met for just over an hour ...

Sicily’s Mount Etna has sent a cloud of smoke and ash several miles into the air, but officials said the activity posed no danger to the population. The level of alert due to the volcanic activity was ...

Wealthy aristocrat Constance Marten and her convicted rapist partner “sought to mask the reality” to the jury and were “picking and choosing what questions to answer”, a prosecutor has said. Marten, ...

Israeli soldiers have barred journalists from entering villages in the West Bank on a planned tour organised by the directors of the Oscar-winning movie No Other Land. The directors of the film, which ...

THERE are moments throughout the year that remind us of what it means to belong. During the month of May, our Bailiwick ...

Hugh Bonneville’s Robert, the Earl of Grantham, has appeared to kiss his country estate goodbye in the trailer for Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale. The movie is promoted as bidding “farewell” to the ...

Detectives hope they can uncover “in the coming months” the identity of a baby girl found in a field. The remains of the infant, named by police as Ava, was discovered by a dog walker near Ashtons ...

All four UK nations saw their warmest spring on record this year, but experienced different levels of rainfall and sunshine. Here the PA news agency looks at how the nations compare, using the latest ...

EastEnders actor Ross Kemp has said he owes the BBC soap “a great debt” for giving him a career in television and has refused to rule out a return to the show. The 60-year-old returned to EastEnders ...

A convicted killer who tried to persuade his son to dig up his own mother’s body up in a bid to falsely clear his name has been given another three years in prison. Sailor Andrew Griggs, 62, was ...