The step-mother of a man who alleges he was sexually abused as a teenager said she was 'totally dumbfounded' when he told her.

John Swinney has urged Andy Burnham to ring-fence a new fund derived from North Sea revenues to support the renewables transition in the north-east of Scotland. In a letter to the Prime Minister, the ...

Centuries-old letters from Navy commander Vice-Admiral Lord Horatio Nelson could fetch up to £6 million at auction. The collection is made up of 415 letters, documents and manuscripts relating to the ...

The Education Secretary has said “change will come” on antisemitism in schools and colleges in England as she accepted all of the recommendations in Sir David Bell’s review.

A woman who has accused Russell Brand of rape repeatedly insisted in court that she did not consent and had not agreed the comedian could “treat her like an animal”. Brand, 51, is accused of raping ...

Two people have been injured after scaffolding collapsed at a building site, police have said in a statement. Emergency services are currently at a building site collapse in Cherwell Street, Banbury, ...

It has been one year since Dame Mary Berry gave an update after her husband's health scare in Oxfordshire. The legendary cook was a judge on the BBC's Great British Bake Off between 2010 and 2016 ...

Kim Jong Un’s sister Kim Yo Jong renewed a threat to retaliate against any South Korean provocation targeting fortification work.

Jeremy Clarkson branded a self-confessed rugby fan "pathetic" after he got a £4,000 Jonny Wilkinson question wrong on the rebooted Who Wants To Be A Millionaire.

Zia Yusuf announced Reform would also launch a legal challenge againstmultiple ITV journalists and the broadcaster’s board.

The US president has urged ministers to ‘go full blast’, while calling on them to ‘take down the costly and ridiculous windmills’.

A passenger whose leg was broken during the fatal Bedford rail crash said the UK’s railways “don’t appear fit for purpose” ...