First Minister John Swinney has urged opposition parties to back a Scottish Government Budget which “delivers real progress for Scotland”. Mr Swinney said there is “overwhelming public support” for ...

For the Met Office to declare a white Christmas a single snowflake has to be observed falling in the 24 hours of December 25 anywhere in the UK.

Tottenham boss Ange Postecoglou recognises his squad are in the middle of an “extraordinary situation” but has urged them to set up a big second half of the season. Spurs travel to Southampton on ...

There’s a historic market town just 90 minutes from south London and it's been rated as one of the most relaxed in Europe. Not to be confused with the fictional home of sisters Anna and Elsa, Arundel ...

Around 60 firefighters in eight fire engines from across New Cross, Beckenham, Greenwich, Lee Green stations were dispatched to the scene. The first floor and loft conversion of the home was destroyed ...

The actors are returning as best friends in the hit BBC show as Gavin Shipman and Neil ‘Smithy’ Smith for a Christmas special.

Prosecutors will take no further action after a man was arrested on suspicion of blackmailing TV presenter Alison Hammond. Reports emerged in March last year that Hammond, who co-presents ITV’s This ...

A former football star has become the President of Georgia as the ruling party consolidates its grip on power. Ex-Premier League striker Mikheil Kavelashvili, 53, easily won the vote given the ...

Two men who were arrested after a Christmas fairground ride “dropped to the ground” causing injuries in Birmingham city centre have been released on police bail pending further inquiries. Two women ...

Sir Brian Leveson said the number of prosecutions waiting to be dealt with was ‘unsustainable’, with listings now running into 2027.

World champion Luke Humphries is hoping for a plethora of nine-dart finishes at the World Championship in order to raise as much money as possible for Prostate Cancer UK. Title sponsors Paddy Power ...

British actress Jane Seymour said she got out of her Malibu home “just in time” with only the clothes on her back as the Californian wildfire came “right up to my house”. The James Bond star praised ...