The Government previously announced proposals to give regional leaders across large parts of England the power to introduce ...

South-western Mexico is braced for coastal flooding and mudslides after Polo, a powerful Pacific cyclone, became a major ...

Prime Minister Andy Burnham received tickets worth £677 for the directors’ lounge at Everton football club, according to the latest MPs’ register of interests.

The family of a mother and three children killed in a house fire have said they were “loved beyond measure”. Elisha Brabin, ...

The failure to intercept two migrant boats in two days before they reached the Kent coast was “not acceptable”, Shabana Mahmood has said. The Home Secretary, who has ordered an urgent review by the ...

Disgraced movie mogul Harvey Weinstein has been sentenced to 15 years in prison in the US for a felony sex crime in another MeToo reckoning.

Senior judge Sir John O’Hara has been appointed to lead an independent review of the Parades Commission. It comes following a critical High Court judgment against the body in August.

South Scotland Green MSP Laura Moodie has urged the Scottish Government to ensure that the area is not overlooked when deciding where to build ...

Iran’s president said that his people have been “victims of terrorism” by the United States, delivering a rare wartime speech at the UN General Assembly a day after President Donald Trump said he ...

A mother-of-two who had an incurable brain tumour has died nine months after her diagnosis. Kim Borthwick, from Glasgow, was diagnosed with the tumour on January 18, a week after experiencing symptoms ...