Piers Fearick’s picture of a yellowhammer claimed the first prize in the wildlife category of the South Downs National Park’s annual competition.

People living near a canalside site in Leigh say plans for a 470-house estate will turn the area into a ‘ticking time bomb’.

The economist said three years is an ‘inappropriate length of time’ for a final report from the new commission into social care.

Italian commentators had speculated that Iran was holding Ms Sala as a bargaining chip to ensure the release of Mohammad Abedini, who was arrested at Milan’s Malpensa airport three days before on ...

Tributes have been paid to a 14-year-old aspiring rapper who was stabbed to death on a bus in south-east London on Tuesday afternoon. The boy, who has not been formally identified by police, was ...

A yellow alert for Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Moray, the Highlands, Western Isles, Orkney and Shetland runs until midnight on Thursday.

Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW) officials said a group of ice climbers in Lake City encountered the distressed elk on Friday morning, and a CPW biologist darted the ungulate with a tranquiliser. The ...

In general, people are feeling more positive about their finances for 2025 than a year ago, research for Aegon indicates.

Austrian Foreign Minister Alexander Schallenberg will serve as the country’s interim leader while the far-right Freedom Party attempts to put together a new coalition government, the president’s ...

The mercury is set to drop sharply, with lows of minus 15C possible in Scotland and northern England overnight on Thursday.

A man has been arrested in Spain after a body was found in the hunt for missing Belfast man John George. The 37-year-old, from west Belfast, also known as John Hardy, had been on holiday in Alicante ...

The former defence secretary said it was ‘absolutely’ essential the Afghanistan Inquiry got definitive answers over whether murders took place.