The witness told the inquiry that a sample of the nerve agent the size of ‘a third to a sixth of a grain of salt’ could be fatal to a human.

A convicted murderer sexually assaulted, tortured and beat a retired horsewoman to death, a court heard. Brian Whitelock, 57, attacked neighbour Wendy Buckney, 71, with a kitchen knife, a broken table ...

Mr Scholz declared his plans for the vote of confidence one week after his three-party coalition government collapsed.

Master George Taft, 65, and deckhand Ian Catterson, 73 died in the incident off Greenock, Inverclyde, in February 2023.

Festive favourites Love Actually, The Holiday, and The Muppets Christmas Carol will be shown in Liverpool and Manchester with full live orchestras.

Planning for a “smooth transition” at the Grangemouth refinery should have started five years ago, MSPs have been told. Representatives of Petroineos, which owns the Scottish plant and has announced ...

Sir Keir Starmer has said he was expecting to see Nigel Farage included in America’s immigration statistics, as he joked that the Reform UK leader was making a “rare appearance in Britain”.

POLICE have confirmed that following searches in Pennington Flash and around Leigh, the body of a missing Cheshire woman has been found. Officers said the woman, Jane Burton, was last seen in Walkers ...

A court in Greenland again decided on Wednesday to extend the custody of anti-whaling campaigner Paul Watson until December 4, while Denmark considers a Japanese extradition request. Japan does not ...

The Toy Retailers Association has released its annual DreamToys list of the 20 predicted top sellers this Christmas.

Waterman is backing the charity’s calls to increase national investment in brain tumour research to £35 million per year.