Firefighters who helped contain France’s largest wildfire in decades are on high alert because of forecasts of very high ...

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

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.

The vice-president confirmed Washington had ‘no plans’ to recognise Palestine, which Britain has pledged to do unless Israel agrees to ...

AN inaccessible canal towpath that stretches through a Worcestershire town and village has finally reopened to the public. Four sections of the Droitwich Spa Canal towpath have reopened for public use ...

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 ...

A Black County man has been charged after flowers were stolen from the tributes left to Ozzy Osbourne in Birmingham.

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.

First Minister John Swinney has met with Sir Chris Hoy and his wife to discuss tackling prostate cancer. The champion cyclist was diagnosed with the disease last year before finding out it was ...

Parviz Jafari, 45, is accused of stealing flowers from Broad Street in Birmingham following the death of Black Sabbath frontman Ozzy Osbourne.