Conservationists have called for “landscape-wide” action to protect butterflies, as new official figures indicate declines of nearly a fifth since the 1970s.

Britain’s elections watchdog has agreed to help its Ukrainian counterpart plan for post-war votes. The co-operation deal will see the Electoral Commission share with Kyiv best practice on ...

A Lib Dem councillor has accused Hull and East Yorkshire mayor Luke Campbell of setting up a site for a £1 million fund promoted by Reform UK ...

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Reality is Not Enough, a documentary about the Trainspotting author and his take on consciousness, will close the International Film Festival.

A pair of capybaras, Humboldt penguins, giant Galapagos tortoises and a ring-tailed lemur troop were among the animals to step on the scales at London Zoo’s annual weigh-in.

The rate of Consumer Prices Index (CPI) inflation is widely expected to have increased to 3.7 in July, from the 3.6 recorded in June.

HMRC is considering plans to raise money from a tax on the sale of homes worth more than £500,000, according to reports. Government officials are looking at a potential national property tax, which ...

Olly and Amelia Murs are the new faces of the M&S Parent Hood Loyalty Scheme, with free cake, free chocolate biscuits on Mother's Day and ...

The suspect in a deadly car-ramming attack on a Christmas market in the German city of Magdeburg has been charged with murder, attempted murder and bodily harm, prosecutors said. Five women and a boy ...

Brits are becoming more confident when it comes to investing - but are growing more cautious in how they choose to invest their money.

Tourists at Loch Ness were convinced they’d caught sight of an unusual beast in the water – only to find out it was part of a pizza delivery.