Heavy rain has led to road closures and affected rail travel in some parts of the country as weather warnings remain in place. A Met Office yellow alert for rain in Perth and Kinross, the Stirling ...

The Office for National Statistics said the total volume of retail sales is estimated to have risen by 0.4 in December.

Donald Trump’s U-turn over his threats to annex Greenland was due to the UK and Europe expressing their “displeasure”, David Lammy has said. The US president had threatened to impose tariffs on ...

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has criticised his European allies for what he portrayed as the continent’s slow and ...

Renowned sculptor Karen Newman has been announced as the latest artist to be working on the tribute to Queen Elizabeth II.

Sir Ed Davey has hit out at Donald Trump over the president’s claim that Nato troops stayed “a little off the front lines” in Afghanistan. Speaking to Fox News on Thursday, Mr Trump renewed his ...

Irish actress Jessie Buckley has said she is “honoured” to be nominated in the Best Actress category for this year’s Oscars. The 36-year-old from Killarney has made the shortlist for her portrayal of ...

John Healey has said fitting Typhoon fighter jets with a radar capable of “jamming the most advanced enemy systems” will help keep the aircraft “ahead of adversaries”. The Defence Secretary announced ...

The Queen’s Reading Room has unveiled plans for its second major research project, deepening understanding of the benefits of shared reading.

Families said they were ‘left at the mercy of a hospital with a defective ventilation system and a defective water system’.

Donald Trump has provoked outrage among MPs and veterans after claiming Nato troops stayed away from the front line in Afghanistan. The US president made his comments in an interview with Fox News in ...

To tell us to get on with it isn’t good enough,’ the Northern Ireland First Minister said after an East-West Council meeting.