About 1,800 firefighters are fighting the blaze, which broke out in a village in the Aude region, a rural, wooded area that is also home to wineries.

The motorist was handed a fine of 900 euros (£784), stripped of two points from his driver’s licence and banned from driving for three months.

A business director accused of dumping 27 tonnes of waste which blocked off access to homes and businesses on a country lane has denied all the allegations against him. Darren Sheen, 40, entered not ...

Aimee Betro, 45, denies being part of a failed assassination plot in which a person wearing a niqab fired a gun at a man in Birmingham.

A 21-year-old man is to deny murdering a Saudi Arabian student who was stabbed to death in Cambridge and will argue self-defence, a court heard. Mohammed Algasim, 20, died in Mill Park, a street near ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin has held talks with US President Donald Trump’s special envoy Steve Witkoff in Moscow, the Kremlin said, days before the White House’s deadline for Russia to reach a ...

US-based fashion accessories and jewellery business Claire’s has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in a court in Delaware.

Resident doctors in England have agreed a “window for negotiations” with Wes Streeting, the British Medical Association (BMA) has said. Dr Ross Nieuwoudt and Dr Melissa Ryan, co-chairs of the union’s ...

While Mounjaro weight-loss injections can help with their waistlines, some users have reported issues with their hairlines ...

England football legend Gary Lineker is set to return to Saturday night TV by hosting a new ITV game show called The Box. It comes three months after the beloved presenter was forced to step back from ...

The Irish president Michael D Higgins will welcome the Princess Royal at his official residence in Dublin on Wednesday. Anne will visit Aras an Uachtarain (official residence) in the Irish capital, in ...

The FTSE 100 firm’s primary listing is currently in London, although it is also listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange. It listed in London 14 years ago in a blockbuster flotation.