A “predatory sexual offender” who abused five underage girls, two of whom he raped, has had his jail sentence increased at the Court of Appeal. Ashley Darbyshire was imprisoned for 15 years in April ...

Essex Police said 14 people have been charged in connection with protests at the site and there have been 23 arrests.

A new Archbishop of Wales has been announced following a turbulent time in the church. Cherry Vann has been revealed as the 15th person to hold the role – and the first woman. Ms Vann, originally from ...

Sylvia Young – the founder of a theatre school which taught the likes of singer Amy Winehouse, EastEnders actor Adam Woodyatt and James Bond star Lashana Lynch – has been hailed as a “true visionary” ...

The Olympic gold medallist was climbing Laila Peak in the Karakoram mountain range when she was struck by falling rocks.

Mr Trump criticised Ms Sturgeon, who became first minister in 2014, during her resignation in 2023. He described her as a “failed woke extremist” and a “crazed leftist” who “symbolises everything ...

The family of a woman who was found dead in a house in West Yorkshire have paid tribute to a “gorgeous daughter and sister” as the man accused of murdering her appeared in court for the first time.

The flats will be provided to young people already employed with a number allocated to those moving towards employment.

Former Scottish international footballer Colin Hendry has been given a 12-month community order and a restraining order for harassing his ex-partner. The former central defender who captained Scotland ...

Princess Anne has met performers for this year’s Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo, including members of a Ukrainian naval band playing for the first time since the full-scale war began. The Princess ...

Culture can help to “make sense of this increasingly dangerous, angry and uncertain world”, First Minister John Swinney will say in a speech on Thursday highlighting Scotland’s creative industries.