Figure is highest since 2014, when stamp duty changes came in, and one property sold for £42.9m

Alex Batty was 11 when allegedly abducted by mother and grandfather to give him ‘alternative lifestyle’

Originally the long-running soap was expected to air at 9:30pm on Christmas Day but has since been pushed back to an even later time

This is the moment Vladimir Putin takes a question from an AI-generated “resident of St Petersburg” who asks the Russian leader if it is true he has lots of body doubles. Putin responds and states: "I have decided the only one who looks ...

Special Report: One little girl desperately wanted to be a YouTube star. Her brother adored football and his favourite player, Cristiano Ronaldo. Their cousin was a teenage electronics wiz. since the start of Israel’s offensive in Gaza, more than 7 ...

The mother of murdered James Bulger has given her first TV interview since her son’s killer Jon Venables’ parole bid was rejected. Denise Bulger spoke candidly about the parole board’s decision when she appeared on Good Morning Britain on Thurs ...

Russian leader to conduct end of year press conference as EU leaders meet to discuss aid for Ukraine

Latest government statistics show homelessness at highest levels since records began

Charges mark a major breakthrough in the case that has rumbled on unsolved since October – coming after a different man was arrested and released without charge last month

Gaynor Lord, a mother-of-three, disappeared from Norwich city centre last week and hasn’t been seen since

Justices will hear arguments to the first major challenge to abortion rights since striking down a constitutional right to abortion care last year

The Chilean government on Tuesday destroyed more than 25,000 firearms, of which 8,000 were seized by police and the courts. President Gabriel Boric said the number of weapons and accessories destroyed is the largest since 1990. The initiative seeks t ...

An Iranian taxi driver whose dance moves at a fish market went viral has become an unlikely anti-regime hero after authorities moved to clamp down on his videos. The 70-year-old, known as “Uncle Sadegh”, sings and dances in the coastal city of Ra ...

Hong Kong leader John Lee has praised the 27.5% voter turnout in the city’s weekend election, a record low since the territory returned to Chinese rule in 1997

About 1 in 5 scientists have fled Ukraine since the war began, according to a new study

The Labour leader will deliver a speech today to mark the four-year anniversary of the 2019 general election - when Jeremy Corbyn led the party to its worst defeat since 1935

Conservative “big beasts” are lining up behind Rishi Sunak ahead of a crunch vote this evening over his Rwanda bill, amid speculation that a series of party right factions could rebel.  In his first major intervention since his resignation as de ...

Labour leader to attack Tory ‘psychodrama’ and ‘self-importance’ in speech marking four years since last election

The missing items has sparked concerns for the trios’ welfare since temperatures dropped to below freezing last week