No 10 pointed to comments made by the former head of MI6, who suggested that proscribing the organisation would have no ‘practical effect’.

Photographs offer a glimpse of Clacton as it appeared 125 years ago, captured through the pages of the Clacton Graphic at the turn of 20th Century.

A football fan who left his own player with a “severe injury” after throwing part of a seat during a Scottish Premiership football match has been jailed for 18 months. David Gowans, 31, threw the ...

While Labour has already indicated it will not block the Scottish Budget, the First Minister said his Government is still in talks with ...

South East Water blamed the latest outage, across 14 postcode areas, on Storm Goretti causing burst pipes and power cuts.

The repression of citizens and protesters in Iran must end, Irish premier Micheal Martin has said. Hundreds of people have been killed and thousands detained in the uprising against Supreme Leader ...

Actor David Yip has paid tribute to former EastEnders star Derek Martin following his death aged 92. Martin’s death was confirmed by his family and agent on Sunday, who said he “wasn’t just a dad to ...

Elsewhere in the UK, the aftermath of Storm Goretti led to flood warnings as a result of melting snow and heavy rain. The storm brought gusts of almost 100mph and a rare red warning for “dangerous, ...

HMRC has issued a statement after calls to double pensioners' personal allowance and a petition signed by more than 45,000 people.

Luxury spa hotel in Essex has been named among the prettiest hotels in England by online travel magazine Love Exploring.

Thomas Craig, 48, attacked a stranger with a bottle on a Glasgow to Dundee service on February 16 last year, pursuing him down the carriage and repeatedly striking him on the head with the bottle, ...

The Kerrywoman’s secondary school said her win was an example of ‘what can be achieved with talent and dedication’.