A suicidal man who attempted to murder a two-year-old boy by walking in front of a train while carrying the child has been jailed for 10 years. Frederick Danquah, 28, stepped in front of a train after ...

Foreign Secretary David Lammy failed to catch any fish when he hosted JD Vance at his grace-and-favour retreat at Chevening House, Kent.

For 2024-25, Scotland has a net fiscal deficit of minus £26.5 billion – an increase of £5.1 billion from the previous year – with this the representing minus 11.7% of the country’s GDP. The UK deficit ...

Shoe Zone has halved its profit guidance in the face of weaker consumer spending, partly blaming the impact of the Labour Government’s budget tax hikes. The high street chain said it was knocked back ...

Sixteen Glasgow secondary schools will start the new school year with no library staff, The Herald can exclusively reveal.

A leading conservation charity has criticised the Scottish Government’s plan to protect and restore Scotland’s internationally ...

A 16-year-old girl and two boys, aged 14 and 15, have been charged with the murder of a man in a seaside resort, Kent Police said. Police were called to the Warden Bay Road area of Leysdown-on-Sea, on ...

For the period April to June 2025, the average premium was £562, compared with £622 a year earlier, the ABI said.

A man has appeared in court charged with the murder of Stephen Brannigan and the attempted murder of a priest in Co Down. Hugh Malone, 30, of no fixed address but from the Belfast area, appeared via ...

National Highways said it was forced to shut the road in both directions between Junction 29 for Romford and Junction 30 for the Thames crossing.

The chairman of the Sheku Bayoh Inquiry has decided not to recuse himself after ruling there was no possibility that he was biased ...

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