Britons are getting ready for the best solar eclipse in decades with one retail giant saying colander sales have “surged”. More than 90% of the sun will be obscured by the Moon between 6.17pm and ...

Memorial benches dedicated to loved ones have survived the devastating Dunwich Heath fire, despite 150 hectares of heathland and woodland ...

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 Los Angeles County grand jury has indicted Nick Reiner on murder charges in the killings of his parents, actor Rob Reiner and Michele Singer Reiner, and adds the allegation that he was lying in wait ...

Around 100 family, friends and colleagues have attended the funeral service of former Tory minister Ann Widdecombe. Politicians and broadcasters were among those who gathered at Buckfast Abbey in ...

A 25-year-old bus driver shot dead outside a pub in south London has been named by police. Gunshots were heard near the venue in Willington Road, Clapham, on Monday evening. Auguste-Marie Bile-aka ...

A space expert has said that people could feel “emotional” while watching the best solar eclipse in decades. Crowds of people could be seen at viewing spots in different locations – including the ...

Crowds of skywatchers gathered at viewing events across Scotland on Wednesday evening eagerly awaiting the rare celestial phenomenon. People packed onto the summit of Calton Hill in Edinburgh, where ...

The US president stowed away in an airport catering container to move from Air Force One to another plane for flight from ...

Nigel Farage is widely expected to win the by-election he triggered, with the main Westminster parties boycotting the contest.

Some 1,017 wildfires have been recorded in England and Wales this year, the same as 2025’s record-breaking total.

The ongoing Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo is on track to surpass the deadliest one in history that killed more than 11,000 people out of more than 28,000 cases, the head of ...