A terminally ill Christian preacher has criticised the “nonsensical” religious argument against assisted dying that suffering must be part of life, as Dame Esther Rantzen urged MPs to pass a Bill she ...

Legislators and courts need to take “tough and decisive action” to counter the “shocking and appalling” toll of attacks on police officers, the Police Federation for Northern Ireland has said.

UK interest rates have been left on hold as the Bank of England said it was keeping watch on a “highly unpredictable” world amid rising energy prices. The Bank’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) ...

More than 450 items of memorabilia were sold in the Los Angeles auction, hosted by Julien’s Auctions and Turner Classic Movies (TCM) at the Peninsula Beverly Hills, where they fetched a combined 4.25 ...

Corporation tax accounts for nearly half of Britain’s £46.8 billion tax gap amid a rise in non-compliance from small businesses, according to the latest figures from HM Revenue & Customs.

The Bradford-based grocery business revealed on Thursday that group sales grew by 4.2 to £3.9 billion for the 13 weeks to April 27.

Slane Castle’s Lord Henry Mount Charles has died aged 74. He died late on Wednesday after “a long and valiant” battle with cancer, his family said. He is best known for organising a series of open-air ...

An amber heat-health alert has been issued for all regions in England as the UK could record a new high for the warmest day of the year on Thursday. Eastern parts of Wales, the Midlands and the ...

A selection of local bakers will be serving up their best sweet treats at the Helensburgh Midsummer Festival this weekend.

A SUBMARINER has pleaded guilty to being caught driving drunk twice at the same roundabout near Loch Lomond. David Seales admitted two charges of being under the influence on May 11 and then May 28.

It is believed the frescoes once decorated at least 20 internal walls of a high-status Roman building between AD 40 and 150.

The animals are a key draw for people embarking on sailings to Norwegian-ruled archipelago Svalbard, as they can be observed in their natural habit.