Yorkshire and north-east England are experiencing one of their driest years on record, data shows. The area has seen an average of just 242.8mm of rain so far in 2025 – less than half the amount that ...

Four teenagers have been arrested after reports of a drone circling over a maximum-security jail led to the seizure of contraband including drug paraphernalia. A drone, mobile phones and suspected ...

Unite has also voted to ‘re-examine its relationship with Labour’, in a sign of a growing divide between the union and the party.

Britain’s migrant return deal with France is “robust” against legal challenge and the EU is expected to approve the scheme, Downing Street has said, after the French President suggested it needed to ...

The National Trust is to cut at least 550 jobs as it works to save £26 million. In a statement, the charity said: "Our job is increasingly tough due to sustained cost pressures beyond our control." ...

Ladybirds are being seen in “very high numbers” this year because of the warm weather, an expert has said, after a swarm of the insects disrupted play at the cricket. The influx of the creatures at ...

It is understood that Chancellor Rachel Reeves will focus on new plans to provide consumers with the information and support they need to invest.

A court heard the teenager accused of murdering Harvey Willgoose, 15, at school had made gestures towards him that morning indicating he had a knife.

A second water company has imposed a hosepipe ban as the ongoing dry weather and hot temperatures across England result in record-breaking water demand.

Analysis by the PA news agency found Britain’s drivers were handed 14.4 million parking tickets by private companies in the year to the end ...

A Russian drone barrage has targeted the centre of Kharkiv, injuring nine people and damaging a maternity hospital in Ukraine’s second-largest city. Mothers with newborns were being evacuated to a ...

A hungry couple were horrified to discover live maggots wriggling in their cheesy lunch - only for Morrisons to offer an "insulting £3 compensation". Cato and Sean Cooper had purchased Président ...