Music giant Quincy Jones was laid to rest in a private ceremony in the US, a week after his death at age 91. A larger, more public memorial is also being planned. The family of the 28-time ...

The president-elect expects the new leader to go around regular Senate order, if necessary, to allow him to fill his Cabinet.

An artist has commemorated Remembrance Day by painting poppies and soldiers on to used tea bags to honour those who “sacrificed their lives so we can live freely today”. Caroline West, 50, from ...

The former Take Me Out host is riding 300 miles on his dream childhood bike to raise money for BBC Children In Need.

The ‘nextdoor nature’ programme by the Wildlife Trusts has worked with 1,600 communities in the past two years.

Around 30,000 oysters have been released into the estuary since September last year under the Restoration Forth project.

The Dartford Crossing consists of a bridge and two tunnels, which connect Thurrock in Essex with Dartford in Kent.

Derek ‘Benny’ Bennett, 72, served in Northern Ireland, Cyprus and the Middle East during 25 years in the Army.

Analysis by Asthma and Lung UK found lung diseases were responsible for one in eight emergency hospital admissions in England last year.

Scottish Football Association chief executive Ian Maxwell has told how he suffered an eyecare emergency that could have cost him the sight in one eye just before the Euros. He almost missed Scotland’s ...

The meeting kicks off against a backdrop of deadly weather events, extreme conditions and record temperatures in recent months.