As Christmas approached the second named storm of the season, Storm Bram, ensured 2025 ended as it began. Storm Eowyn had caused widespread damage in January before daffodils and new-born lambs ...

The activist, recently released after years of detention in Egypt, wrote tweets which appeared to show him calling for violence against Zionists.

More than 700,000 people receive disability or carer benefits from Scotland’s devolved social security agency, it has been revealed.

A mother and her two young children died in a house fire that destroyed their home in the early hours of Boxing Day despite the efforts of her husband to save his family, police said. Emergency ...

Two fire engines and a technical rescue unit were still in attendance at the scene in the village of Hamstreet, in Ashford.

A NEW banking hub in Knutsford has officially opened. Tatton MP Esther McVey and Knutsford mayor Cllr Brian Hartley cut a red ribbon at a special ceremony outside the building on King Street.

Edinburgh’s Hogmanay events are set to go ahead as planned after being cancelled last year due to a storm. The four-day festival begins on Monday with a torchlight procession including vikings, ...

Some 2.5 million visitors have already been welcomed to the city for the winter festivals, which began in November.

At least four people have been killed in clashes on Syria’s coast between protesters from the Alawite religious minority and ...

The National Trust’s annual round up of the year shows the impacts of climate-fuelled extremes on landscapes and wildlife.

The initial phase of Myanmar’s first general election in five years has been held, under the supervision of its military ...

Winter rain lashed the Gaza Strip over the weekend, flooding camps with ankle-deep puddles as Palestinians displaced by two ...