The US president had pressed for the Russian and Ukrainian leaders to meet in the Turkish capital on Thursday.

A veteran broadcast journalist has been appointed head of news and current affairs at BBC Scotland. Howard Simpson, who has almost two decades of experience, will take over from Gary Smith who is ...

It’s clear we need to do more to improve the resilience of our transport energy infrastructure,’ Paul Kohler MP warned.

The British endurance swimmer says ‘I’m frightened of sharks but I’m really frightened of a world without sharks’ ahead of his latest swim.

First-look images of Dame Joan Collins as Wallis Simpson in The Bitter End have been revealed. Directed by Mike Newell, the movie will follow Simpson, the American divorcee who became the Duchess Of ...

The banking giant is now set to become fully private almost 17 years after receiving a state bailout during the 2008 financial crisis.

Transport minister Mike Kane said the Government wants to ‘maximise the benefits of future flight technologies including flying taxis’.

General Sir Gwyn Jenkins has been named as the new head of the Royal Navy, the Ministry of Defence said, following the earlier than expected departure of his predecessor. Royal Marine Sir Gwyn ...

Leading medics and health organisations have urged the Government to outlaw ‘the physical punishment of children’.

The announcement comes in the same week that the number of people crossing the Channel in small boats passed 12,000 for the year.

ITV is bracing for a double-digit plunge in advertising revenues after last year was boosted by the Euros football tournament, but said it does not expect its production arm to be hit by US President ...

We are all being urged to check our change for a rare Royal Mint 50p coin that is selling for more than £200. Thousands more of the coin are thought to be in circulation, with one selling for more ...