At least two people were killed when landslides hit a house and campground in New Zealand, while emergency crews were trying ...

Roads have been flooded and rail travel disrupted as heavy rain batters some areas, with an amber weather warning in force in part of the country. The Met Office amber alert, in force in Angus, Perth ...

The blaze broke out in Camp 16, one of more than 30 camps in the Cox’s Bazar district that makes up the world’s largest refugee centre.

Scots have been left “squealing” from paying increasingly higher taxes, Sir Tom Hunter has said, as he described the burden on nurses, teachers and policemen as unfair. Sir Tom, one of Scotland’s ...

A jury has been sworn in for the inquest into the death of Belfast schoolboy Noah Donohoe. The nine men and two women were selected on the fourth day of the process at Belfast Coroner’s Court, which ...

The first asylum seekers have been moved into a former military barracks in East Sussex as ministers face pressure to end the use of hotels. Some 27 men have been housed at Crowborough Training Camp ...

The Scottish Hospitals Inquiry has been examining issues at Glasgow’s Queen Elizabeth University Hospital (QEUH) and Royal Hospital for Children.

US stock markets rose overnight, while the UK’s FTSE 100, Germany’s Dax and France’s Cac 40 enjoyed gains on Thursday morning.

TV cook Nigella Lawson is rumoured to be replacing long-standing judge Prue Leith on the Great British Bake Off after she revealed she is leaving.

Increases to the National Living Wage and National Minimum Wage mean that many workers will get almost £25,000 a year for the first time, but ...

Energy firm Ovo has been ordered to pay £2.77 million in compensation after nearly 12,000 vulnerable customers suffered lengthy delays in getting their warm home discount support, regulator Ofgem has ...

The Met Office has issued rain warnings for parts of Scotland, Northern Ireland, Wales and the south west of England on Thursday.