Zoo chiefs have welcomed the expansion of firework control zones in Edinburgh after the death of a baby red panda and its mother was linked to loud bangs around Bonfire Night last year. The ban will ...

Ms Abbott, who was shadow home secretary under Mr Corbyn, said she thought the first-past-the-post system would work against the new party.

The Foreign Office has summoned Israeli Ambassador Tzipi Hotovely over Tel Aviv’s approval of a major settlement in Palestine’s West Bank. The move follows Israel’s decision to go ahead with the E1 ...

The proportion of GCSE entries scoring a decent pass has fallen again this year, prompting fears about young people in England being forced to resit their English and maths exams.

The Port Seton Centre will start the trial scheme on Monday after “a rise in damage around the centre”. Last month, management took to social media to highlight that a bin had been set alight and the ...

Members of the public are being asked to choose a name for an endangered red panda cub. The female cub was born at Bristol Zoo Project to first-time parents Neora and Laya on June 26. She has now ...

The party’s annual accounts show they may never pay former chief executive Peter Murrell back for his outstanding £60,000 loan.

Campaigners welcomed the move not to allow new unit housing up to 32,000 egg-laying hens near Berkshire’s River Kennet.

Blindwells Primary School and Craighall Primary School both welcomed pupils for the first time last Wednesday, as the new school year began around the county. And youngsters and staff have been ...

An appeal court has thrown out a massive civil fraud penalty against Donald Trump in a New York state lawsuit accusing him of exaggerating his wealth.

A COUNTY woman who caused suffering to a horse she owned has been banned from keeping animals for nine years. Caroline Thornton, 66, was found to have left the grey gelding in an “emaciated” state and ...

Forecasters are tracking the potential impact of Erin, which is currently a category two storm moving eastwards across the North Atlantic, on the UK.