Rescuers are working to free a whale which has become entangled in a rope on the Isle of Skye. A member of the public spotted the humpback in difficulty and contacted British Divers Marine Life Rescue ...

The Prince of Wales has held a meeting at the Ministry of Defence headquarters in London. Heir to the throne William, a future head of the armed forces, travelled to the government building on ...

Geraldine Breslin’s son Gareth spoke publicly about his mother’s death for the first time as he gave evidence to the public inquiry into ...

Under the existing first-past-the-post system, voters select their preferred candidate and the candidate with the most votes wins.

Electric vehicles (EVs) are becoming “normalised” as nearly half of consumers know an owner, a study has found. Some 49% of 4,000 people surveyed either own an EV or know someone who does, according ...

The Shahed drone blew out a wall and surrounding windows in the apartment block in Sumy, a major city, just after 1am, the Sumy regional administration said. A child was among the ...

The first hostage, soldier Agam Berger, 20, was released after Hamas paraded her in front of a crowd in the heavily destroyed urban Jabaliya refugee camp in northern Gaza.

Of the 55,008 knife crime offences in England and Wales in the year to September 2024, 30% (16,521) were recorded by the Metropolitan Police, 9% (4,930) by West Midlands Police, 6% (3,427) by Greater ...

The NHS has been ordered to drive improvements in hospital waiting times and cancer care while at the same time cutting costs. New planning guidance for the health service in England, which sets out ...

Vivek Gurav is behind what is understood to be the world’s largest community of ploggers – joggers who litter pick.

Broadcaster Sally Magnusson is to step down from presenting BBC Scotland’s flagship news programme, Reporting Scotland, after 27 years. She began presenting the show in 1998, when it was broadcast ...

The BBC has published a review looking into the conduct of Russell Brand that was announced in 2023 following sexual assault allegations against the comedian.