The Scottish Covid-19 Inquiry is hearing evidence about the impact of the virus on education and early years learning.

The Republican candidate has won three key swing states in the presidential race against Democrat Kamala Harris.

The “real challenge” for ensuring HS2 trains reach London’s Euston is the development of the station, a Government adviser has warned. Sir John Armitt made the comment a week after Chancellor Rachel ...

All four racoons that escaped from an Isle of Wight zoo have now been found and returned to their compound. The females had managed to get out of their enclosure at Amazon World Zoo Park in Sandown on ...

Some Democrats say that the system favours Republicans and they would rather the United States elect presidents by a simple majority vote.

Four armed teenagers kept their weapons hidden from the driver who is accused of taking them to and from the scene of a revenge attack where two boys were allegedly murdered, a jury has been told.

Baby births is one area the nation can be grateful to Boris Johnson after the fertility rate across England and Wales dropped to a new record low last year, Parliament has been told.

Taxi driver Urfan Sharif, 42, his wife Beinash Batool, 30, and brother Faisal Malik, 29, are on trial at the Old Bailey accused of Sara’s murder on August 8 last year. Giving evidence on Wednesday, ...

The latest data showed an increase in the number of people sleeping rough in London of almost a fifth on the same period last year.

Donald Trump and Kamala Harris have each notched early wins in reliably Republican and Democratic states so far.

Republican Trump-backed businessman Bernie Moreno has defeated Democratic US senator Sherrod Brown in the state of Ohio. With ...

The Prince of Wales has said he hopes his children are “proud” of the work of his Earthshot Prize, which champions solutions to “repair” the planet. In a BBC interview ahead of the Earthshot awards ...