A fast-growing brush fire has forced thousands of people to evacuate a mountainous area north of Los Angeles. The Canyon Fire ...

Scottish First Minister John Swinney has praised the work done by Sir Chris Hoy to raise awareness of prostate cancer following a meeting at Bute House. The champion cyclist, along with his wife Lady ...

The last of 72,000 homes which lost power during Storm Floris have been reconnected after five days. Power network Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks (SSEN) said the storm was “exceptional” ...

The fashion chain is to close a raft of high street stores after a court judge approved its restructuring plan.

Firefighters who helped contain France’s largest wildfire in decades are on high alert because of forecasts of very high temperatures that could reignite the blaze in the south of the country.

Henrik Pedersen accepts it will be difficult for his Sheffield Wednesday players to focus on Sunday’s task at hand after a chaotic past few months. Wednesday are under a number of Football ...

A man who raped and murdered his ex-fiancee at a luxury hotel in Surrey has been jailed for life with a minimum term of 28 years, as the woman’s family branded him an “evil, controlling, manipulative ...

More than 100 motorcyclists have paid a “wonderful tribute” by riding in convoy to mark the funeral of the UK’s oldest Second World War veteran. Donald Rose, who was a D-Day veteran and fought as a ...

Other major events including the Community Shield match between Liverpool and Crystal Palace at Wembley are also taking place in London.

The world champion was looking like he would exit a World Series event at the first hurdle for the first time.

POLICE are appealing for help to find a 15-year-old girl who is missing from Knowsley.   Renea O’Donohue was last seen at 3.40pm on ...

Harry Kane paid a glowing tribute to former Tottenham team-mate Son Heung-min following his move to Los Angeles FC. Son completed a switch to the Major League Soccer side for a deal worth in excess of ...