Tory candidate Andy Street had hoped to cling on in the West Midlands, but Labour challenger Richard Parker beat him with a ...

Airport security officers in Miami found a scaly surprise last week — a bag of snakes hidden in a passenger’s trousers. According to an X post by the US Transportation Security Administration (TSA), ...

Kamile Vaicikonyte and her boyfriend Jamie Moore died in a single-vehicle crash on the A5 near Omagh, Co Tyrone on Tuesday.

A well-known UK-Palestinian surgeon who volunteered in Gaza hospitals said he has been denied entry to France to speak at a senate meeting about the Israel-Hamas war. French authorities did not give a ...

Conference delegates called on the NAHT school leaders’ union to explore ‘legal and industrial routes’ to secure reforms needed to ...

Met Office forecasters said sunny spots could reach 20C even in northern Scotland on Saturday, but there is a “mixed picture” overall.

The SNP will retain just 15 of its current 43 seats at the forthcoming general election, according to a new poll for the Sunday Times. The forecast comes as Humza Yousaf announced his resignation as ...

Andy Burnham has vowed to “make big things happen” after he was voted in for a third successive term as the mayor of Greater Manchester. Following another resounding victory he said he would continue ...

Labour’s Sadiq Khan has stormed to victory in the London mayoral election, as the contest for the West Midlands remains on a knife edge for Conservative Andy Street. Incumbent mayor Mr Khan beat his ...

Councillors and supporters have reacted to North Herts Council's local election results. Labour made six gains, bringing their total to 25 members, while Liberal Democrats gained four, bringing their ...

Greg Dewhurst, from the Met Office, said there would be ‘plenty of sunshine around, but it will become cloudier the further north you are’.

Second-placed Jamie Driscoll had quit Labour after he was barred from standing as the party’s candidate in the North East.