An unwell pensioner who refused to pay his water bill in protest at sewage has been forced to stump up the cash in court.

Britons survived sweltering temperatures during the days of empire, a Tory former minister has said as he cautioned against taking the threat of extreme heat “overseriously”.

Police have praised the bravery of members of the public and emergency services who helped rescue some of the students and the driver who were trapped on board the Bluestar bus following the accident ...

Scottish planting rates have fallen back after surging levels of woodland creation last year, the data reveals.

Tory MSP Rachael Hamilton quoted one Scot as saying people are ‘scared, attacked and traumatised’ by the birds.

The owner of a restaurant is appealing for help to find his late wife’s crucifix necklace which was lost during a family day out.

This is the chaotic moment a man escaped from the grip of police officers, ran into a van and then fled on foot again.

Work has been taking place to get the new Pomus in Folkestone ready after bosses took over the old Brewery Tap venue on Tontine Street. It is the third branch of the original sister restaurant of the ...

A teenager who stabbed a man 51 times in a “frenzied” attack has been locked up. Haiden Tomlin was 18 when he unleashed an assault on a neighbour at a block of flats in Fairmeadow in Maidstone during ...

Jockey Oisin Murphy has been charged with drink driving after a car left a West Berkshire road and crashed into a tree.

Levels of mental health are “deteriorating”, leading charities have warned, as a survey suggests one in four young adults in England suffer from conditions such as anxiety and depression.