The container ship Solong struck US oil tanker Stena Immaculate off the east coast of Yorkshire on Monday morning.

Nicola Sturgeon can be proud of “changing the lives of people in Scotland for the better”, Scotland’s First Minister has said after she announced she will stand down at the next Holyrood election.

Michael Steele was jailed for life in 1998 for the gangland murders of Tony Tucker, Pat Tate and Craig Rolfe, which he denied.

Conservative former minister Sir John Whittingdale, who raised the case in the Commons, said the couple should be ‘thanked rather than punished’.

The ex-SNP leader said she is “proud” to have been the first woman in the top job in Scottish politics, but as she announced she is stepping down from the Scottish Parliament she voiced concerns about ...

Pakistani authorities have said an insurgent attack on a train carrying hundreds of people has ended, with all attackers killed following a day-long standoff. Some of the hostages taken were killed, ...

Retired teacher Catherine Rennie Nash, 74, and former tax adviser Nigel Fleming, 63, are being questioned by police.

Small farms in landscapes like the Lakes and Dales lost out on Government cash for nature-friendly farming, Labour MPs have warned after the closure of a flagship payments scheme.

Dame Antonia replaces Sir Matthew Rycroft, who announced in February he would leave the Home Office after a 35-year Civil Service career.

On Wednesday, former NHS consultant in intensive care Professor Patrick Nee, who said he was instructed by the hospital trust to assist with their review, gave evidence to the inquest and said it ...

Over 30 blank firing guns and hundreds of rounds of ammunition have been handed into Essex Police, as part of a month-long firearms amnesty.

The girl had severe injuries to her neck, abdomen, chest and back and was in hospital for three weeks, police said.