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The number of men in the UK living to a very old age is increasing faster than the rate for women, helping to push the elderly population to a new record high, figures show. Some 210,520 males were ...

The owners of Paddington Bear want a “frightening” puppet used on the show Spitting Image delivered to them or destroyed, according to court documents. StudioCanal, which makes the Paddington films, ...

US vice president JD Vance has arrived in Israel to shore up the fragile US-brokered ceasefire in Gaza that has teetered over ...

Pressure is mounting on Prince Andrew to give up his 30-bedroom mansion after it emerged he has paid a “peppercorn rent” on the property for more than 20 years. Senior Tory Robert Jenrick said it was ...

Experts have said there is “real hope for the future” of wildcats in Scotland after 18 were released in the Highlands this year. The animals were released into the Cairngorms National Park this summer ...

The survey included buildings in the Catholic Church, Church of England, Church of Scotland, Methodist Church and the Church in Wales.

NORTH Ayrshire Council has announced its preparations for the forthcoming winter season. The roads team carried out an annual dry run this week to ensure the fleet of snow clearing and gritting ...

Boris Johnson has denied there was a failure to plan for Covid school closures at the start of the pandemic, saying it would be “surprising” if there had been no planning.

Russia occupies about one fifth of Ukraine but carving up their country in return for peace is unacceptable to Kyiv officials.

The Attorney General and Chief Secretary to the Prime Minister have been asked to give evidence to a parliamentary inquiry next Tuesday.

Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy has arrived at a prison in Paris to begin serving a five-year sentence for a criminal ...