Overnight temperatures dropped to minus 14.5C overnight into Friday, the coldest night of the winter so far in the UK.

American actor and TV host RuPaul Charles opened RuPaul’s DragCon UK event by paying tribute to fellow drag queen The Vivienne as someone with a passion for “love and life”. James Lee Williams won the ...

The death toll has risen to 10 from the Los Angeles-area fires, according to the county coroner’s office. The fast-moving ...

Scotland has shivered through the coldest January night in the UK in 15 years as temperatures dropped to minus 14.5C, with dozens of schools closed across northern regions on Friday.

The opening of the UK’s first safer drugs consumption room will be a “significant step forward” in efforts to tackle Scotland’s drug problem, John Swinney has said. The First Minister was speaking as ...

One man is in hospital after a crash on the A414 North Orbital Road this morning. Police were called at around 7.40am to reports of a road traffic collision on the A414 near Watling Street and Park ...

House sales slipped back in November, compared with October, but were higher than the same month a year earlier, according to HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) figures. Across the UK, 92,640 property ...

Michael Sheen has launched a theatre company called Welsh National Theatre, which he says will bring “a new dawn” in the country. The organisation is envisioned as separate from but complementary to ...

One security-related death was recorded during the year in Northern Ireland, the shooting of Kevin Conway in January 2024.

Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy said she disagreed with the mayor for Greater Manchester, who has expressed his support for a fresh investigation.