The economist said three years is an ‘inappropriate length of time’ for a final report from the new commission into social care.

Tributes have been paid to a 14-year-old aspiring rapper who was stabbed to death on a bus in south-east London on Tuesday afternoon. The boy, who has not been formally identified by police, was ...

Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW) officials said a group of ice climbers in Lake City encountered the distressed elk on Friday morning, and a CPW biologist darted the ungulate with a tranquiliser. The ...

A yellow alert for Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Moray, the Highlands, Western Isles, Orkney and Shetland runs until midnight on Thursday.

In general, people are feeling more positive about their finances for 2025 than a year ago, research for Aegon indicates.

Pope Francis has denounced the “scourge” of child labour and other abuses suffered by children, saying anyone who harms or exploits a child will have to answer to God.

The former defence secretary said it was ‘absolutely’ essential the Afghanistan Inquiry got definitive answers over whether murders took place.

The mercury is set to drop sharply, with lows of minus 15C possible in Scotland and northern England overnight on Thursday.

Austrian Foreign Minister Alexander Schallenberg will serve as the country’s interim leader while the far-right Freedom Party attempts to put together a new coalition government, the president’s ...

A man has been arrested in Spain after a body was found in the hunt for missing Belfast man John George. The 37-year-old, from west Belfast, also known as John Hardy, had been on holiday in Alicante ...

The former New York City mayor owes £118 million dollars to two Georgia election workers after he was found to have defamed them.

Thousands of people remain without power during a bitter cold spell across Ireland. The entire island was under weather warnings coming into Wednesday morning, with temperatures as low as minus 6C ...