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 ...

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

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

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

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 ...