Porthleven’s festive season is officially underway after Friday's lights switch-on event and the start of a three-day Christmas market.

First Minister John Swinney and former prime minister Gordon Brown are in attendance at the service at St Giles’ Cathedral in the Scottish capital.

The military said it hit sites that had been used to smuggle weapons from Syria to Lebanon after the ceasefire took effect.

The funeral of comedian Janey Godley is taking place in Glasgow, with former Scottish first minister Nicola Sturgeon among the mourners. The service is being held at at St Mary’s Cathedral in Glasgow ...

Dong Yuyu, a commentator and editor, was taken away by police while meeting a Japanese diplomat at a restaurant in February 2022.

Financial Conduct Authority chief executive Nikhil Rathi has defended the organisation after the report by MPs and peers.

Engineers discovered a significant amount of ballast - the stones holding the tracks in place - had become displaced and repairs must be carried ...

A Hampshire Constabulary spokesman said that about 200 people were at the protest, where a minority of those involved became aggressive.

A senior MP has said she is “worried that vulnerable people will get swept up in the assisted dying route”, after plans received their first approval from MPs. A historic Commons vote on Friday means ...

From Outnumbered and Call The Midwife to Strictly Come Dancing and Doctor Who, these are all the programmes on the BBC this Christmas.

The boxes holding the ballots were opened at 9am at count centres across the country. They must first be sorted before counting formally begins, in a process which could last days because of Ireland’s ...

Cornish bikers are gearing up to take part in a memorial ride to remember local boy Jozef Stasiak this December while raising money for ...