Signs of Orkney vole activity are up 200 on 2019, while threatened ground-nesting birds are doing better, an RSPB report says.

Non-Communicable Disease Alliance Scotland has set out a 10-year vision seeking to fundamentally change Scotland’s poor health.

Sir Keir Starmer’s political rivals have questioned whether a “cover-up” took place, as the suspect in the Southport attacks faces fresh charges in court, including for a terror offence.

Children should be given stickers instead of sweets at Halloween to save their teeth, leading dental surgeons have said. The Royal College of Surgeons of England has offered tips to help children ...

One said he may need to cut his workforce if the Government increases employer national insurance contributions.

Sharing a cry over a sad film can strengthen connections between people – even if they are strangers, research has suggested. Previous studies have shown reaching for the tissues while watching tragic ...

The smart stickers will provide real-time location and environmental data to create a digital map of the Royal Mail postal network.

The findings challenge the held belief that brass bands originated with coal miners and other industrial communities between the 1830s and 1850s.

In the UK, people are increasingly exposed to extreme heat, while globally health threats from high temperatures to hunger and disease are worsening.

An ambulance worker has been jailed after she tried to kill her boss with a hammer and then texted “oppsie xx!” to her friend, police said. Stacey Smith, 46, waited outside her manager’s home before ...

Hundreds of asylum seekers have been removed from an accommodation barge moored off the Dorset coast ahead of decisions about their future in the UK. Migrants are being transferred from the Bibby ...

A former EastEnders actress is to take on the role of the new headteacher in the upcoming series of the BBC school drama Waterloo Road.