The Women’s Rugby World Cup in England in 2025 is set to be one of the marquee sporting events of the entire year with more than half the ...

Researchers have shed new light on the role played by carbon dioxide in the warming and cooling of planet Earth. A team from the University of St Andrews used fossils to work out how much CO2 changed ...

The US President has said there will be no repeat of the 2020 scenes as he hands power back to Donald Trump later this month.

Thirty-two dolphins have died since fuel oil spilled out of two storm-stricken tankers three weeks ago in the Kerch Strait, an animal rescue group said. The spill took place in the waterway which ...

A number of schools in north-east Scotland have been forced to close after the country was hit by overnight snow and ice. More than 80 schools and nurseries across Aberdeenshire, Moray and Highland ...

Many commuters are suffering travel disruption from severe weather, with major roads closed and railway lines blocked. Manchester airport’s runways were closed early on Monday morning because of heavy ...

Discount supermarket Aldi has said it notched up more than £1.6 billion in sales over the key festive month, as shoppers traded up to its premium ranges. The German-owned group, Britain’s fourth ...

The death toll in the attack on a Christmas market in the German city of Magdeburg last month has risen to six after a woman succumbed to her injuries, prosecutors said. Officials in Naumburg said the ...

John Swinney’s warning of a populist surge if his Government’s Budget is not agreed is “preposterous”, the leader of the Scottish Tories has said. The First Minister will use his first major speech of ...

Various reasons were suggested for why beer mats no longer seem to be commonly seen in UK pubs. One suggested it was people destroying them or taking them home that led pubs to stop using them.

Halifax, Lloyds and Barclays are among the major banks shutting branches across the country in the coming weeks.

The Department for Work and Pensions is writing a letter to every pensioner in the country, offering up to £4,000 more help.