Helicopters have dropped water on large fires burning on the slopes of South Africa’s Table Mountain as police investigated whether arson was the cause. Table Mountain National Park first reported the ...

A new study will give elderly people slush to drink to see if it can help stave off heat-related illnesses like heatstroke. Experts from the University of Brighton will explore if the “very simple ...

The Prince and Princess of Wales’s Royal Foundation is providing financial support for rural projects on the popular island.

The Grangemouth refinery has now ceased processing crude oil, its owner Petroineos has confirmed. The industrial site in central Scotland was the last oil refinery operating north of the border. The ...

A pandemic restriction banning cohabiting couples from kissing during wedding ceremonies was “bizarre”, a humanist leader told the Scottish Covid-19 Inquiry. The long-term impact of lockdown on ...

Daniel Graham and Adam Carruthers are accused of driving from Carlisle to the Northumberland beauty spot in the dead of night to chop down the tree.

A burns victim is being treated for critical injuries after a house fire and explosion in the Bloxwich area of Walsall. West Midlands Police said the man was found and treated along with another male, ...

Rumarni Tuitt is accused of using a 12-inch Zombie knife against Kamani Spooner, then aged 18, on August 26 last year in Canal Way, west London.

A former police sergeant has appeared in court charged with striking and injuring a man during an arrest. The ex-officer, who can now be named as Paul Street following submissions from the PA news ...

Rule 237 of the Highway Code requires vehicles to be well-ventilated to prevent driver drowsiness. The reason for the rule is to avoid drowsiness when in control of a vehicle, should drivers ignore ...

Fifteen fire engines and 100 firefighters were called to the blaze in Maida Vale in west London on Tuesday morning.