John Swinney has appealed for “patience” as work is carried out to restore power supplies and transport services in the aftermath of Storm Eowyn. People all over Scotland were urged to stay indoors on ...

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the Israelis were withholding that part of the deal until a further captive was released.

Under Pakistan’s blasphemy laws, anyone found guilty of insulting Islam or its religious figures can be sentenced to death.

An “immature” vicar who tried to help a parishioner have a more relaxed approach to nudity has been reprimanded after he walked in on someone in the shower.

The Met Office has issued more yellow weather warnings for the UK after Storm Éowyn - a storm they described as the most intense in 30 years.

A stoppage-time Bruno Fernandes winner gave United victory over the Govan outfit after another costly mistake, this time when Gers keeper Jack Butland punched a corner into his own net, handed the ...

Scott McDonald, the boss of the UK’s international organisation for cultural relations, warned the council’s presence in up to 40 countries was in jeopardy without financial guarantees from the ...

Three teenagers have died and a fourth man has suffered life-threatening injuries after a car hit a tree near Wakefield in West Yorkshire. The black Seat Ibiza was travelling on Bramley Lane, near the ...

Ange Postecoglou will hope to see Tottenham vice-captain James Maddison step up again with more “moments” in Sunday’s crucial Premier League fixture with ex-club Leicester.

The buildings being lit up in North and West Cumbria include Allerdale House in Workington, Whitehaven’s Beacon Museum, Carlisle’s Civic Centre, the Citadels, the Court Square and the Crown & Mitre ...

A 'huge recovery operation' is underway on a major railway line after Storm Éowyn battered parts of the UK. Strong winds buffeted the Northwest, with gusts in Cumbria reaching a staggering 83 mph.

The high death toll at the time was due in part to building safety regulations being ignored. In 2004, a 12-storey apartment building collapsed in Konya, claiming the lives of 92 people and injuring ...