Politicians and broadcasters are among the mourners who have started to arrive at the funeral service of former Tory minister Ann Widdecombe. Family, friends and colleagues are gathering at Buckfast ...

Community volunteers say their “blood is boiling” after the mother of a convicted killer tried to sell his toy guns in a village social media group.

The Prime Minister chaired a meeting of the Government’s emergency Cobra committee in response to the heat, wildfires and drought.

More than 90% of the Sun was obscured by the Moon, the most it has been blocked above UK skies since the total eclipse in 1999.

Comedian Jasper Carrott said he is “so proud” of his actress daughter Lucy Davis after she revealed she has been diagnosed with incurable breast cancer. The Office star, 53, revealed her condition on ...

Residents are gearing up for another fight as a developer looks to build more homes on a plot following a council U-turn.

Four fire engines were sent to a fire along a residential street this morning. Pictures show part of Canterbury Street in Gillingham near Byron Primary School cordoned off. Firefighters have put out a ...

Scottish Labour leadership contenders have warned against those leading internal briefings against candidates during a hustings in Glasgow. Monica Lennon, Joe Fagan and Michael Marra made their cases ...

A murderer who won the right to a retrial on the grounds of diminished responsibility has been resentenced after a jury found him guilty.

A court has been shown footage of the moment a drink driver crashed into a grandmother’s bungalow - forcing her to live in a ...

Neso had taken the ‘precautionary measure’ to make sure it had a ‘greater safety cushion’ between demand and energy supply on Wednesday evening.