Scotland is braced for heavy rain on Friday as the first of two named storms sweeps in. A Met Office yellow warning for rain ...

The first storm of the season has hit the island of Ireland with the second due over the weekend. Around 3,000 homes farms and businesses were without electricity at 7am on Friday as a result of Storm ...

Good morning! A crash has already been reported on the M61, with traffic heavy on the motorway.

The St Simon and Horris Hill Stakes have been rescheduled to take place at Newmarket next week following the abandonment of Saturday’s meeting at Newbury.

Mr Burnham thanked firefighters and said the response to the emergency showed the “best of Britain”, but said he had brought together fire chiefs, industry leaders, ministers and academics to take ...

Bolton's Market Street The Beer School marks 10 years under former teacher Rachel Birch, serving ever-changing independent ...

A Manchester building company director has been banned for six years after his firm left more than £750,000 owing to HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC).

The Duchess of Sussex has said she is “deeply distressed” by accusations her father had a hoard of child sex abuse images. Meghan’s brother, Thomas Markle Jnr, alleged that he had found a stash of ...

A Cambridge University professor has retained his world tiddlywinks title after seeing off an American challenger nicknamed the Dragon. Tiddlywinks is a game in which players try to get small plastic ...

Storm Austen has brought severe weather to the south of Britain, with Storm Boelo closely following further north.

Gianni Infantino’s prospects of securing a fourth term as FIFA president have been given a significant boost after the Asian Football Confederation officially offered its backing on Friday.

The Pope will miss a planned trip to Assisi next week on doctors’ orders as he continues recovering from thoracic surgery he underwent last Tuesday, the Vatican said. Leo XIV had been due to attend a ...