George And Mildred star Norman Eshley has died at the age of 80, his agent said. The actor and writer, who had been living with cancer, died on August 2 at Gloucestershire Royal Hospital with his wife ...

See how many bites are reported from the UK's only venomous snake species, the adder, each year, and how many deaths it is responsible for.

Leading alcohol health experts urged the UK Government to take steps to “protect the public”, including the introduction of minimum unit pricing (MUP) – a policy which sets the lowest price an ...

The motorist was handed a fine of 900 euros (£784), stripped of two points from his driver’s licence and banned from driving for three months.

Despite the route not going to plan, Mr Stokes has been contacted by Guinness World Records, who say it could still be possible to set a new record. He said: “We were scuppered by Storm Floris, as two ...

Families of the 29 people who died on the Mull of Kintyre crash have accused the Ministry of Defence of a ‘cover-up’.

A man who murdered a grandmother on her morning dog walk in a “vicious and brutal attack” while he was living off-grid to avoid recall to prison has been jailed for life with a minimum term of 25 ...

Irish president Michael D Higgins has welcomed the Princess Royal to his official residence in Dublin. Anne is visiting Aras an Uachtarain (official residence) in what has been described as “a ...

About 1,800 firefighters are fighting the blaze, which broke out in a village in the Aude region, a rural, wooded area that is also home to wineries.

The volume of work decreased for all three sub-sectors in July – civil engineering, commercial and residential construction.

Resident doctors in England have agreed a “window for negotiations” with Wes Streeting, the British Medical Association (BMA) has said. Dr Ross Nieuwoudt and Dr Melissa Ryan, co-chairs of the union’s ...