An inquest will be held on Thursday into the death of a 10-year-old girl who was killed in a mudslide while she was on a school trip. Leah Harrison was killed at Carlton Bank on the edge of the North ...

A police watchdog has complained to Ofcom over an episode of Panorama about the shooting of Chris Kaba. The Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) said it had gone to the broadcast regulator ...

A Texas man convicted of fatally strangling and stabbing a young mother more than 20 years ago was executed on Wednesday evening. Moises Sandoval Mendoza received a lethal injection at the state ...

Carlos Santana has postponed a second Texas concert after testing positive for Covid-19. The guitar virtuoso’s official Facebook page said he is scrubbing Thursday night’s stop on his Oneness Tour at ...

Talks between the UK, France, Germany, the US and Ukraine were downgraded after US secretary of state Marco Rubio failed to attend.

Police are hunting for a convicted murderer who has gone missing from an open prison in Scotland. Raymond McCourt, 59, was reported missing from HMP Castle Huntly at 5.30pm on Tuesday. Police have ...

On average, men have a shorter life expectancy compared to women – a difference of almost four years – and officials are asking for views on what must be done to “close the gap”. Men are also more ...

Questions about a possible US trade deal continue to overshadow Rachel Reeves’s mission to Washington as she prepares for talks with her US counterpart. The Chancellor has travelled to the US capital ...

The bank also revealed scam victims are most likely to live in cities including Edinburgh, Manchester, Newcastle and Newport.

A man with a life-threatening peanut allergy is living a near-normal life after taking part in a “life-changing” study which gradually saw him exposed to nuts. Richard Lassiter’s allergy is so severe ...

Taylor Sutherland and Omar Rivaldo Taylor-Clarke scored as Dunfermline won the SPFL Reserve Cup against Kilmarnock.