People in the areas affected by a rare red “danger to life” weather warning issued for parts of Scotland on Friday should not travel, the First Minister has announced. John Swinney said police would ...

It comes as parents face higher fines this academic year if they take their children out of class without permission.

India withstood a four-over burst from a revved-up Archer to race to their target of 133 with seven wickets and 43 balls to ...

The Government has accepted mayor Andy Burnham’s proposals for greater investment instead of a clean air charging zone in Greater Manchester.

Lucy Powell said Rishi Sunak made a ‘big misjudgment for the Tory party, but a good decision for the country’ by calling the election for July 4.

The Amazon driver who delivered the knife used in the Southport murders handed the package to an adult who was “visibly over 25 years old”, the retailer has said.

The BBC’s director general has said the corporation is not trying to “game a number” on the amount of production spending in Scotland, as he was quizzed by MSPs about the hit show The Traitors.

Tesco and Lidl are among the retailers voicing concerns over the policy which will end the 100 exemption from inheritance tax on wealthier farms.

A sentencing hearing at Liverpool Crown Court on Thursday heard that Axel Rudakubana, 18, carried out a “pre-meditated, planned knife attack upon multiple victims, principally young girls, intending ...

Sainsbury’s has announced it will be cutting more than 3,000 jobs and it plans to close 61 in-store cafes. The closures are part of plans by the UK’s largest supermarket group to save £1 billion over ...

The Met Office is warning of ‘very dangerous conditions’ and widespread disruption across the region on Friday.

The brass instruments can be heard on Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, which was released by the group in 1967 and was number one in the UK charts for 23 straight weeks. Two of the four French ...