Elon the musk turtle – also known as the stinkpot turtle – has been rehomed by the RSPCA after being looked after for 1,579 ...

A reduced timetable will be in place on the strike days, with fewer services running during limited operating hours.

The First Minister has visited the UK’s first facility where drug users can inject in a clean and safe environment.

The company, which owns energy supplier British Gas, said the UK now has less than a week’s worth of demand for gas in store.

Kurt Morton, 39, drove in a rally of dozens of tractors on Friday morning to protest against changes to inheritance tax rules for farmers.

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 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 ...

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 ...

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 former Burnley boss was dismissed by Everton just hours before their 2-0 FA Cup third round victory at home to Peterborough.

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 ...