Fewer than 1,000 homes affected by Storm Floris are still without power after crews spent Wednesday restoring supplies to thousands. By 9.30pm on Wednesday, Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks ...

Asylum seekers who work without permission should be “on the next plane home”, Kemi Badenoch has said. The Conservative Party leader and shadow home secretary Chris Philp have proposed a crackdown on ...

Saturday’s lottery jackpot will be an estimated £7.3 million after no players won Wednesday’s top prize. The winning Lotto numbers were 17, 31, 47, 05, 58 and 09, while the bonus number was 35.

Sir Keir Starmer has said the UK will recognise a Palestinian state in September unless Israel agrees to meet certain conditions, including addressing the humanitarian crisis, implementing a ceasefire ...

Birmingham Airport has reopened its runway after a small aircraft made an emergency landing, leading to hours of delays and cancellations. Three people from the aircraft were treated at the scene with ...

Scotland’s railway operator has added extra train services on the dates of Oasis’s upcoming shows in Edinburgh. ScotRail urged fans to make use of its enhanced timetable on August 8, 9 and 12 as the ...

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FLIGHTS have resumed at Birmingham Airport after more than six hours of disruption. The runway was closed after a light aircraft made an emergency landing at 1.40pm on Wednesday afternoon (August 6).

The victim of a fatal shooting in north London has been named by police. A murder investigation was launched after Erdal Ozmen, 45, was killed in Stoke Newington, the Metropolitan Police said. He was ...

Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar has said he pushes Sir Keir Starmer to be more “extroverted” when he comes to Scotland. Mr Sarwar said he speaks to the Prime Minister every two or three weeks, ...

Gordon Brown has urged ministers to hike taxes on online casinos and slot machines to cover the cost of lifting children out of poverty. Reforms to gambling taxes could generate the £3.2 billion ...

THE M5 was left gridlocked after a van caught fire near Worcester. Eyewitnesses reported seeing smoke "billowing" across the motorway as the fire took hold on Wednesday evening (August 6). One said: ...