The risk of flooding in Highland communities has been downgraded after less rain fell overnight than expected. A Met Office amber weather warning for rain came into force at midnight on Tuesday, ...

Budget airlines Ryanair and Wizz Air both saw growing numbers of passengers in December, despite disruption to UK flights over the Christmas period. Ryanair carried 13.6 million passengers in December ...

Former pirate radio DJ Johnnie Walker joined the mainstream, soon becoming a successful BBC presenter and later veteran with a career spanning more than half of a century. The radio presenter, 79, ...

Israeli airstrikes have killed at least 50 people, including several children, across the Gaza Strip, hitting Hamas security officers and an Israeli-declared humanitarian zone. As the bombardment ...

Two people were killed and 18 injured when a small plane crashed through the rooftop of a commercial building in Southern California on Thursday, police said. Police spokeswoman Kristy Wells confirmed ...

PARENTS and carers across Wales have been urged to watch for norovirus ahead of schools and nurseries re-opening. Public Health Wales is urging parents and carers to be watchful for the symptoms of ...

A TOTAL of 14,000 tonnes of rock have been delivered to Kinmel Bay as part of ongoing work to improve the village’s coastal defences. Work to improve Kinmel Bay’s flood defences started in December, ...

Police, street performers and football fans filled the streets in New Orleans as the city recovers from a deadly rampage which saw a US army veteran plough a truck into a crowd of New Year’s Eve ...

As gritting trucks work around the clock during the first cold snap of the year, spare a thought for the miners who dig the salt out of the ground almost a mile down under the North Sea in ...

Venezuela’s government has announced a 100,000 dollar reward for information on the whereabouts of Edmundo Gonzalez, the opposition candidate who claims to have defeated President Nicolas Maduro in ...

A “drab” December has capped a disappointing year for retailers and the second in a row of falling shopper numbers, figures show. Even the Golden Quarter, typically the peak of shopping activity ahead ...

Elon Musk has continued his criticism of the Government, calling on the King to step in and dissolve Parliament. The world’s richest man, who purchased the social media site Twitter and renamed it X ...