Nick Frost has said he 'will not let Robbie Coltrane down' after being confirmed as Hagrid in the HBO Harry Potter series. The English comedian and actor has been announced as one of the many stars ...

Police officers are carrying out early morning patrols in a national park to help protect a rare bird species at risk of extinction. Wildlife crime officers are patrolling the Cairngorms National Park ...

The Foreign Secretary told the London Sudan Conference it is ‘morally wrong’ to give up on the north-east African country.

Sir Alan Bates has urged victims of the Horizon scandal to take the Government to court over delays to financial redress. In an email sent to members of campaign group Justice For Subpostmasters ...

A man who murdered his friend following a row over a “childish” prank he played on him has been jailed for a minimum of 18 years. Matthew Higgins, 36, shaved off one of 37-year-old David Eaton’s ...

Billionaire entrepreneur Mike Lynch and his 18-year-old daughter Hannah were among seven people who died when the vessel sank off the coast ...

THE first section of a temporary footbridge over the River Wharfe in Otley was craned into place on Friday, April 11.

Scotland’s seabird populations are continuing to decline as threats including climate change and avian flu take their toll but some species are showing signs of recovery, statistics show.

The Met Office has issued yellow warnings for rain on Tuesday and Wednesday in areas of the north and south west of England and in Wales.

Jazwell Brown attacked Joanne Pearson and Teohna Grant at an address in Bletchley, Milton Keynes, on December 25 last year.

Smelly food - and having to stand in standard when the First Class carriage is empty - are Brits’ biggest train ‘icks’. A poll of 2,000 adults discovered the top 20 ‘rail fails’, which include noisy ...

Presiding officer Alison Johnstone announced the June date for the Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse vote on Tuesday.