The death toll has risen to 10 from the Los Angeles-area fires, according to the county coroner’s office. The fast-moving ...

Overnight temperatures fell as low as minus 14C in Altanharra, northern Scotland, according to the Met Office.

It is particularly worrying that so much excessive speeding observed by drivers appears to take place on 20mph and 30mph roads as this is where the greatest number of vulnerable road users, such as ...

Police are investigating a sighting of another two lynx in the Highlands. Police received reports the animals had been seen in the Dell of Killiehuntly area near Kingussie at about 7.10am on Friday.

The co-leader of the Scottish Greens says his party is yet to make a “final decision” on whether to support the Scottish Budget, and still regrets the end of the powersharing deal with the SNP.

A Cabinet minister has insisted there is no need to be worried about rising Government borrowing costs after yields on UK bonds surged to their highest level since the 2008 financial crisis.

US President-elect Donald Trump faces sentencing on Friday for his New York hush money conviction after the nation’s highest court refused to intervene. Like so much else in the criminal case and the ...

Sarah Breeden, the Bank’s deputy governor for financial stability, also said firms might respond to the tax rises by cutting staff or ...

The QR code is not the official payment method and is just a ‘fake’ link to send money directly to the scammers. Motorists think they are paying the parking company, but once the payment is processed, ...

A cold snap which saw tens of thousands without power or water is coming to an end, the Irish national weather agency said. The bitterly cold Arctic airmass that has been affecting the country for ...

West Midlands Police have launched a CCTV appeal after security guards with threatened and items were stolen from a store in Birmingham.

Council leaders in Leicestershire and Rutland are urging the Government to “wake up” and release cash after severe flooding displaced hundreds of people from their homes. Local leaders signed a joint ...