Scotland has had its driest start to the year since 1931 while north-west and north-east England have had the lowest rainfall since 1929.

Healthcare staff are being left to deal with the “human cost” of abuse of opioids, some of which are more potent than heroin, nurses have warned. Drugs such as nitazenes and fentanyl carry a higher ...

The family of murdered Diane Sindall want “justice”, the detective in charge of a new investigation into her death has said. Peter Sullivan, 68, was convicted of the murder of Diane Sindall, 21, in ...

A man who was reunited with his birth mother, a survivor of one of Ireland’s most notorious mother and baby homes, has raised more than 70,000 euro to buy her home.

A Labour MP is being investigated by Parliament’s expenses watchdog over his spending. Tahir Ali, 53, faces a probe relating to “office costs, travel and accommodation,” the Independent Parliament ...

Jaguar Land Rover has said it “cannot discount” starting manufacturing in the US in response to tariffs on carmakers despite the recent UK-US trade deal. However, the company said it currently has “no ...

Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala told Shigeru Ishiba that she has high expectations for Japan as a champion of open markets.

Conservative MP Patrick Spencer has been charged with two counts of sexual assault allegedly carried out at central London’s Groucho club. The Crown Prosecution Service said on Tuesday that Spencer, ...

A petition calling for all of the UK to be able to vote on the London Mayor has gone viral, but Londoners have branded it 'dumb' and 'ridiculous'.

Peter Sullivan has said he is “not angry” and “not bitter” after the Court of Appeal quashed his murder conviction, after spending 38 years in prison.

A Tory MP has been charged with two counts of sexual assault that allegedly took place at London's Groucho Club. Patrick Spencer, 36, from Suffolk, was charged in connection with an investigation ...

Preliminary results in Albania’s parliamentary election on Tuesday give a clear victory to the ruling Socialist Party, which attracted voters supporting the country’s uphill effort to join the ...