Culture can help to “make sense of this increasingly dangerous, angry and uncertain world”, First Minister John Swinney will say in a speech on Thursday highlighting Scotland’s creative industries.

The family of a woman who was found dead in a house in West Yorkshire have paid tribute to a “gorgeous daughter and sister” as the man accused of murdering her appeared in court for the first time.

Luke Shaw fully supports Ruben Amorim’s demanding approach as the Manchester United head coach seeks to transform what the defender admits has at times been a “toxic” environment. The 30-year-old is ...

The Met Office is to provide weather forecasting services for the BBC again, the broadcaster has announced. The state-owned forecaster lost the BBC contract to another provider, MeteoGroup, in 2016.

Residents fled inland as ports flooded on Kamchatka, while frothy, white waves washed up on the shore in northern Japan. Cars jammed streets and motorways in Honolulu, with standstill traffic even in ...

The Reform UK leader is being investigated over a possible break of rule five, which relates to registration of an interest.

Russia’s Defence Ministry said Ukraine’s 169th training centre near Honcharivske in the Chernihiv region was hit with two Iskander missiles.

The SNP is playing an “old tune” on independence, Scottish Green leadership candidate Lorna Slater has said. SNP leader and First Minister John Swinney announced on Monday that a majority for his ...

Referee body-cameras could be used at next summer’s World Cup after the game’s lawmakers formally gave the green light to extend their use on Wednesday.

Emergency services were called to Llarga beach in Salou, in the Tarragona province, shortly after 8.45pm local time on Tuesday evening.

Here is a full list of the estimated change in population for every local authority area in England and Wales between mid-2023 and mid-2024. Of the 318 local authorities, the population is estimated ...

The England captain ruled himself out of the Oval Test against India saying the risk of playing was ‘way too high’.