The sum is a world record for a work by Carriera, who died in 1757 aged 84, according to Cheffins auctioneers in Cambridge.

US President Donald Trump has safely departed from Stansted Airport after his state visit, marking the end of a huge policing operation.

Police have appealed for potential victims of a “predatory” convicted rapist who met people in East London and Essex to come forward.

Gregory Twigg, who was ‘raging’ after taking cocaine, was said in court to be remorseful at the ‘dreadful and tragic’ outcome of his actions.

Barbie Reynolds, 76, and her husband Peter, 80, had been held without charge following their arrest in February.

With a sharp 10-degree drop in temperatures forecast across the UK next week, British Gas is urging households to prepare their boiler for the ...

The two countries signed a defence deal on Wednesday declaring that an attack on one nation would be an attack on both.