Nick Frost has said he 'will not let Robbie Coltrane down' after being confirmed as Hagrid in the HBO Harry Potter series. The English comedian and actor has been announced as one of the many stars ...

A man who murdered his friend following a row over a “childish” prank he played on him has been jailed for a minimum of 18 years. Matthew Higgins, 36, shaved off one of 37-year-old David Eaton’s ...

The Foreign Secretary told the London Sudan Conference it is ‘morally wrong’ to give up on the north-east African country.

Sir Alan Bates has urged victims of the Horizon scandal to take the Government to court over delays to financial redress. In an email sent to members of campaign group Justice For Subpostmasters ...

Billionaire entrepreneur Mike Lynch and his 18-year-old daughter Hannah were among seven people who died when the vessel sank off the coast ...

Scotland’s seabird populations are continuing to decline as threats including climate change and avian flu take their toll but some species are showing signs of recovery, statistics show.

The messaging platform is launching a new one-way chat thread with UK and European users, nudging them about online safety.

Race Across the World is returning to our screens this month and the BBC has released more information about each team that will take on the challenge. Each series of the programme sees a new group of ...

Surgeons from a specialist UK eye hospital have helped save the sight of more than 20 Bangladeshi students who were wounded in last summer’s protests in the country. Mahi Muqit and Niaz Islam, ...

Jazwell Brown attacked Joanne Pearson and Teohna Grant at an address in Bletchley, Milton Keynes, on December 25 last year.

The Met Office has issued yellow warnings for rain on Tuesday and Wednesday in areas of the north and south west of England and in Wales.

Universal Credit, State Pensions, Child Benefit, PIP and other benefits may be affected by changes due to the Easter bank holidays this week.