A charity founded by the late former Scotland rugby star Doddie Weir has raised more than £18 million for motor neurone ...

More flooding is “likely” this week after Storm Bert brought torrential rain over the weekend, the Environment Secretary said. Steve Reed said its impacts “should be less severe” than they were on ...

A Friends of the Earth report warns the UK is off track to meet climate targets on the 16th anniversary of world-leading legislation.

The Tobacco and Vapes Bill prevents anyone born after January 1 2009 from legally smoking by gradually raising the age at which tobacco can ...

Unison, the Royal College of Nursing and Unite have written to Health Secretary Wes Streeting urging him to ‘ditch’ the pay review body process.

Two Britons are missing after a tourist yacht sank in the Red Sea off Egypt, the PA news agency understands. Consular support is being provided to “a number of British nationals and their families” ...

One person has died after a DHL cargo plane has crashed on approach to an airport in Lithuania’s capital and skidded into a ...

The parents of Abiyah Yasharahyalah are on trial accused of causing or allowing his death and depriving him of adequate ...

US bankruptcy judge Christopher Lopez decided to put off an emergency motion to disqualify The Onion’s bid until early December.

The pathological investigation was carried out by the Veterinary Investigation Centre at Scotland’s Rural College in Dumfries ...

A legal challenge over whether trans women can be regarded as female for the purposes of the 2010 Equality Act begins at the UK Supreme Court on Tuesday. The action is the latest in a series of ...

More than a million illicit vapes were seized in England by trading standards in 2023-24, a 59% increase on the previous year. The products failed to meet basic UK safety standards, with most ...