At least two people were killed when landslides hit a house and campground in New Zealand, while emergency crews were trying to rescue others buried in rubble, officials said. The first hit a house in ...

The disappearance of Noah Donohoe was “completely out of character”, an inquest has been told. The long-awaited hearing into the death of the Belfast schoolboy has been played a recording of the phone ...

Around 46,000 people had bought plans before the company collapsed, expecting a contribution towards future funeral costs.

The restart of the No 6 reactor at the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa plant had been suspended because of a glitch related to control rods, its operator said.

The Mayor of Greater Manchester has repeatedly refused to rule out challenging for the leadership of the Labour Party.

John Swinney did not accept the offer of a briefing to discuss the use of a Scottish airport for military purposes, the Scottish Secretary has said. Douglas Alexander made the claim on Thursday as he ...

The first asylum seekers have been moved into a former military barracks in East Sussex as ministers face pressure to end the use of hotels. Some 27 men have been housed at Crowborough Training Camp ...

Scots have been left “squealing” from paying increasingly higher taxes, Sir Tom Hunter has said, as he described the burden on nurses, teachers and policemen as unfair. Sir Tom, one of Scotland’s ...

The Quay Zone leisure facility in Girvan is set to re-open its doors this week two years after suffering serious storm damage.

US stock markets rose overnight, while the UK’s FTSE 100, Germany’s Dax and France’s Cac 40 enjoyed gains on Thursday morning.

The Local Government Secretary told the Commons the ‘vast majority’ of polls will take place in May as planned.

Four men jailed for a total of 29 years over a £6 million corruption and bribery scandal involving health boards across Scotland, including ...