The Christmas break gave me an opportunity to reflect on my first six months as your MP. It has been an incredibly busy and rewarding time.

A Swiss won, a Danish man and the pilot died when the plane crashed during take-off from an Australian tourist island.

Aziz Ziriat and Sam Harris have not been seen or heard from since January 1 and they did not check in for their flight home on January 6.

Piers Fearick’s picture of a yellowhammer claimed the first prize in the wildlife category of the South Downs National Park’s annual competition.

The economist said three years is an ‘inappropriate length of time’ for a final report from the new commission into social care.

A yellow alert for Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Moray, the Highlands, Western Isles, Orkney and Shetland runs until midnight on Thursday.

Italian commentators had speculated that Iran was holding Ms Sala as a bargaining chip to ensure the release of Mohammad Abedini, who was arrested at Milan’s Malpensa airport three days before on ...

Tributes have been paid to a 14-year-old aspiring rapper who was stabbed to death on a bus in south-east London on Tuesday afternoon. The boy, who has not been formally identified by police, was ...

Austrian Foreign Minister Alexander Schallenberg will serve as the country’s interim leader while the far-right Freedom Party attempts to put together a new coalition government, the president’s ...

A SCRAP metal fire has broken out in Birmingham with firefighters dealing with the blaze. Seven firefighting crews were deployed to a recycling plant off Landor Street at around 10.15pm last night.

The mercury is set to drop sharply, with lows of minus 15C possible in Scotland and northern England overnight on Thursday.

Pope Francis has denounced the “scourge” of child labour and other abuses suffered by children, saying anyone who harms or exploits a child will have to answer to God.