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Kinbrace in northern Scotland saw the lowest overnight temperature with minus 13.9C overnight, the Met Office said.

Follow live coverage as Ipswich Town face Bristol Rovers in the FA Cup today. This season marks the 144th edition of the ...

Follow live coverage as Newcastle United face Bromley in the FA Cup today. This season marks the 144th edition of the world’s ...

Police are continuing their searches around the River Dee for two sisters who disappeared from Aberdeen five days ago. Eliza ...

The widow of Alex Salmond says comments from those “determined to damage” her late husband’s reputation are unfair and ...

Richard Stacey, 37, has been charged with attempted child abduction, assault and affray, West Midlands Police said.

Liverpool Walton MP Dan Carden becomes the first Labour MP to demand an inquiry into the Asian grooming gangs that targeted white working-class girls ...

Defending champion Aryna Sabalenka extended her Australian Open winning streak to 15 matches on a rain-soaked opening day at ...

Health officials in China have given an update on the rate of infections with the flu -like human metapneumovirus (HMPV). The ...

Toru Kubota backed calls from three former foreign secretaries William Hague, Sir Malcolm Rifkind and Jack Straw for Aung San Suu Kyi’s release from Myanmar’s brutal dictatorship ...

While the Kumbh Mela festival is ordinarly held every three years, rotating between several holy cities on the banks of these rivers, the Maha Kumbh Mela occurs only once every 12 years. Maha means ...