Heathrow’s current maximum annual number of flights is around 475,000. A third runway could enable it to reach around 740,000 ...

Alison Hitchcock, co-founder of From Me To You Letters, has created a 24-hour letter writing marathon to mark World Cancer ...

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has inspected a facility that produces nuclear material and called for bolstering the country ...

Several people were feared dead and many more injured in a stampede early on Wednesday as tens of thousands of Hindus rushed to take a holy bath in the river at the massive Maha Kumbh festival in ...

Northern Rail and other operators brought prosecutions against passengers using the single justice procedure, despite not being permitted to do so.

Of the 426,116 calls to the ambulance service last year, 63,836 (15) were not a life-or-death emergency – an average of 175 calls a day.

Prayers, lion dances and firecrackers have marked the Year of the Snake as Lunar New Year festivals got under way around the world. The pop-pop-pop of firecrackers greeted the new year outside a ...

Two Palestinians have been killed by Israeli fire in the occupied West Bank, health officials said. A 23-year-old man was shot dead in Tulkarem and a 25-year-old man was killed in a strike on Jenin, ...

Chancellor Rachel Reeves is due to support a number of major infrastructure schemes in a speech on growth on Wednesday. Heathrow airport in west London wants to build a third runway to raise capacity ...

The Chancellor is due to set out policies on Wednesday to encourage economic growth, including an expected expansion of Heathrow airport.

DUMFRIES House estate has mostly re-opened to the public following issues caused by Storm Éowyn last Friday. The public estate and café had been closed off due to apparent damage from the storm, with ...

The supermarket reported rising profits after announcing 200 job cuts as part of a cost-saving plan earlier in January.