The UK Government remains supportive of the Acorn carbon capture project, a minister said as he responded to claims the Chancellor is reportedly “going cold” on the idea.

An adviser to former Ukrainian president Viktor Yanukovych has been shot dead outside a school in Madrid, Spanish authorities said. Spain’s Interior Ministry identified the victim as Andrii Portnov.

Peter Sugden, 46, of Falkirk, sent numerous indecent messages and sexual remarks to the fictional teenager over the course of 16 days.

The high street retail giant halted orders on its website and saw empty shelves after being targeted by hackers around the Easter weekend.

It is alleged that Ukrainian national Petro Pochynok conspired with two others to commit arson with intent to endanger life.

The UKHSA and the Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA) said “fragments of West Nile Virus genetic material” were found in some Aedes vexans mosquitoes collected in wetlands on the River Idle at ...

In a ballot of University and College Union Scotland members at the university, 84 of those who voted backed strike action.

Keighley-district locations featured include Town Hall Square, Lund Park, Dalton Mills, Knowle Mill, Whinburn, the Drill Hall, St Ives estate and the pillbox and fire posts at Steeton. The hub can be ...

The yoga teacher who survived the Southport attack is leading a campaign to move to round-ended kitchen knives. Leanne Lucas launched Let’s Be Blunt to coincide with a national knife crime awareness ...

Primark has announced that it has rolled out its click & collect service to all of its stores in the UK as of today (Tuesday, May 20). Click and collect is now available in all 187 of its shops, with ...

Steep increases in gas, electricity and water bills, along with a jump in the price of air and coach travel, helped push the UK’s overall rate of inflation in April to its highest level for 15 months.

Inflation has rocketed to its highest level in more than a year after “awful April” bill rises, but pressure is also mounting on the Chancellor over the impact of Labour’s recent tax hike on the cost ...