Ministers said the money will be spent on rolling out high-performance flood barriers as well as nature-based solutions such as wetland restoration.

The Scottish Government’s devolved version of the winter fuel payment will match the value of the UK benefit, John Swinney has announced. Chancellor Rachel Reeves confirmed last week that the payment ...

Suffolk MP Patrick Spencer has denied two counts of sexual assault allegedly carried out at central London’s Groucho club. Spencer, the MP for Central Suffolk and North Ipswich, allegedly cupped the ...

Emergency services were called to the area of Dunkeswell Aerodrome at about 1pm on Friday, following concerns for the welfare of two people. The two skydivers were both confirmed dead at the scene and ...

The latest arrests include a man, aged in his 20s, who has been detained in relation to an arson attack on Larne Leisure Centre.

The search for a person who fell overboard from a ferry in the Firth of Clyde has been suspended, the coastguard said. A major search was launched after the alarm was raised on Sunday afternoon, with ...

Research indicates that almost 800 babies were buried in a sewerage system at the St Mary’s home in Tuam, Co Galway between 1925 and 1961.

A sheriff has noted former Scotland rugby union captain Stuart Hogg’s “complete compliance” with a community payback order, as he said no further review would take place.

A PLANNING committee has decided on proposals for a new all-weather football pitch at Coleg Cambria's site in Connah's Quay. A planning application was lodged with Flintshire Council for a 1770sqm ...

A UNIVERSITY of Chester student from Wrexham is being celebrated after he won the 2025 Storrar Cowdry Fine Arts Prize.

Michaela Boor, 30, died in March 2018 after she was hit by the bricks that fell from a tower crane as she walked along a pavement in Bethnal Green.

The world is “on the brink” of extraordinary destabilisation in the Middle East, Ireland’s deputy premier has said. It comes as the EU Foreign Affairs Council has called an emergency meeting to ...