Testing has been ramped up after the first suspected Bluetongue case on the island of Ireland. Two cows have been culled after the alarm was raised at an abattoir close to Bangor, Co Down. Northern ...

BBC Scotland’s headquarters in Glasgow has been evacuated after a fire broke out in the building. The broadcaster reported that staff left the building in Pacific Quay after the alarm sounded at about ...

Virgin Media has been fined £23.8 million by Ofcom after putting thousands of vulnerable customers at “direct risk of harm” when moving them to digital landlines. A number of serious incidents took ...

Star of BBC's Call the Midwife, Jenny Agutter, has hinted at a "disturbing" storyline in the show's two-part Christmas special. The drama set in Poplar, London, first aired on the BBC in 2012 and was ...

The director of UK special forces made a “conscious decision” to cover up potential war crimes in Afghanistan, an inquiry has been told. The Afghanistan Inquiry has released summaries of closed ...

Substantial rainfall is expected across much of the UK on Monday, with nearly a month’s worth of rain forecast for parts of Wales. An amber warning signalling possible “danger to life” is in effect ...

The Met Office has issued warnings across the UK as nearly a month's worth of rainfall is to hit parts of the UK today.

Labour MP Tulip Siddiq has been sentenced by a court in Bangladesh to two years in prison for corruption involving a government land project. Her aunt, ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina, was ...

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Millie Fairley, from Eastbourne, East Sussex, has aplastic anaemia, which affects around two people in every million in the ...

Defrosting a freezer can sometimes take a while, but there is a method to help speed up the process using a few items from around the home ...

A court in Bangladesh’s capital on Monday sentenced ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina to five years in prison and her niece, Labour MP Tulip Siddiq, to two years in prison for corruption involving a ...