Hours of talks aimed at de-escalating fighting between Israel and Iran failed to produce a diplomatic breakthrough as the war entered its second week with a fresh round of strikes between the two ...

The Scottish Government has provided £3 million to 14 festivals, the Culture Secretary announced. The events will receive a share of the £2.8 million Festivals Expo Fund, and Festivals Edinburgh will ...

Dame Esther Rantzen said peers should scrutinise but not oppose the legislation, which cleared the Commons on Friday.

Water is being pumped from Mike Lynch’s superyacht as it was seen upright on the surface for the first time since it sank off the coast of Sicily. Seven people died when the Bayesian sank off the ...

EastEnders will have a schedule change during late June and early July, including not airing on BBC One for a week ...

While the UK enjoys its longest day of sunlight on Saturday, British scientists at the South Pole experience 24 hours of darkness.

Thousands of people watched the sunrise over Stonehenge to celebrate the summer solstice, signifying the end of spring. Those who gathered for the spectacle on Saturday at the neolithic monument in ...

On walking and 4x4 tours of the vast reserve and the two glens it covers - Glen Alladale and Glen Mor - reserve manager Innes MacNeill pointed out restored peatland and some of the million-odd trees ...

A man who had an aggressive prostate cancer removed after learning about the disease by chance from a television programme is urging others to ...

Engineers have started work connecting more homes and businesses to ‘super speed’ full fibre broadband across London - but warn some homes ...

Lenham is the perfect Kent village to visit if you're after a countryside getaway, and it's just an hour from London.

Opponents of assisted dying have urged the House of Lords to give Kim Leadbeater’s Bill “the scrutiny that it needs” after MPs narrowly backed the legislation. Ms Leadbeater’s Bill passed what could ...